Living Jewishly : : A Snapshot of a Generation / / ed. by Stefanie Pervos Bregman.

In the Jewish communal world, engaging 20- and 30-somethings is a hot button issue: How do we get young Jews to feel connected to Israel? To affiliate with traditional Jewish institutions? To care about Jewish continuity, ritual and tradition? As a member of this exclusive community, Stefanie Bregma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (186 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
I AM JEWISH --
PROLOGUE --
ARE WE MOVING BEYOND DENOMINATIONAL BORDERS? --
STARK NAKED OR FULLY DRESSED - WE’RE ALL THE SAME --
THE PLAN --
SHOMER NEGIAH IN THE CITY --
CONVERTED TO REFORM --
ANATOMY OF AN ACTIVIST --
HEBREW - A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP --
DOES BEING A JEWISH YOUNG PROFESSIONAL TODAY MEAN NEVER MEASURING UP? --
CARD CARRYING MEMBER --
MY JEWISH JOURNEY: HOW BEING CATHOLIC HELPED MAKE ME JEWISH --
JUARTISM --
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S MINYAN (ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT BE THERE TOO) --
THE BEGINNER --
34 IS THE NEW “TWEEN” --
A FAITHFUL DECISION --
FOOD FIGHTS --
TO BE A JEW IN THE WORLD --
WHY THE HECK I BECAME A RABBI --
VOLITION --
SURVIVING MIKVAH 101 --
INGESTING JUDAISM --
MY GRANDFATHER’S BOXES --
HOW DO YOU DEFINE ME? --
THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN JEWISH MARRIAGE --
UNPLUGGING EXPECTATIONS --
THE RUMORS OF HER DEATH --
WHO IS A JEW?: EXPLORING MY NON-KOSHER JUDAISM --
AM I A JEW-A-SAUR? --
WITHOUT KNOWING I HAD EVER BEEN LOST --
CONVERSION OF COMFORT --
WE LIVE IN LOVING MEMORIES --
FEEDING MY JEWISH SOUL --
A NEW KIND OF JEWISH GEOGRAPHY --
NOSH, DAVIN, KVELL OR EAT, PRAY, LOVE THE WEST SIDE WAY --
THE GODFATHER --
SUMMER DAYS, SUMMER NIGHTS --
LIVE, LOVE, LEARN . . . BUT IN WHAT ORDER? --
MY (JEWISH-INTERFAITHLESBIAN) WEDDING --
HEBREW NAMES. OR, DREAMING OF VARDIT --
CAN YOU DATE ME NOW? GOOD --
THE INTELLECTUAL GIVER --
SORRY I DON’T TOUCH MEN: TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A CELIBATE DATER --
EPILOGUE --
SUBJECT INDEX FOR ESSAYS --
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Summary:In the Jewish communal world, engaging 20- and 30-somethings is a hot button issue: How do we get young Jews to feel connected to Israel? To affiliate with traditional Jewish institutions? To care about Jewish continuity, ritual and tradition? As a member of this exclusive community, Stefanie Bregman set out to tackle these questions and sought out to compile a collection of personal essays and memoirs from Jewish 20- and 30-somethings across the country.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781618111852
9783111024080
9783110688146
DOI:10.1515/9781618111852
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Stefanie Pervos Bregman.