A Kosher Christmas : : 'Tis the Season to be Jewish / / Joshua Eli Plaut, Joshua Plaut.
Christmas is not everybody's favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude of unique strategies to respond to the holiday season. Their response is a mixed one: do we participate, try to ignore the ho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Coping with Christmas: A Multitude of Jewish Responses
- 1. Coming to the New World: Can the American Jew Keep Christmas?
- 2. Hanukkah Comes of Age: The New Jewish Christmas
- 3. We Eat Chinese Food on Christmas
- 4. "'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah": Remaking Christmas through Parody and Popular Culture
- 5. The Christmas Mitzvah: 'Tis the Season to Be Giving
- 6. Chrismukkah and Festivus: Holidays for the Rest of Us
- Conclusion: Menorahs Next to Madonnas: Shaping the Future of Christmas in America
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author