American Jewry and the Re-Invention of the East European Jewish Past / / Markus Krah.
The postwar decades were not the “golden era” in which American Jews easily partook in the religious revival, liberal consensus, and suburban middle-class comfort. Rather it was a period marked by restlessness and insecurity born of the shock about the Holocaust and of the unprecedented opportunitie...
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Krah, Markus, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut American Jewry and the Re-Invention of the East European Jewish Past / Markus Krah. München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2017] ©2018 1 online resource (XIV, 290 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History , 2192-9645 ; 9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for New Modes of Jewishness in Postwar America -- 2. Launching a Discourse: YIVO’s Bridge From the Old World to the New -- 3. New (York) Jewish Intellectuals: The Past as Culture -- 4. Religious Culture as an Antidote to Liberal Judaism and Secular Jewishness -- 5. Spiritual Needs, the Past, and the Denominational Landscape -- 6. From East European Radicalism to Postwar American Progressivism -- 7. Presenting a Rich Jewish Culture: The Eternal Light and Life Is with People -- 8. Making Jewishness Meaningful: In School and in Hasidism -- 9. Tevye in Kasrilevke, the Fiddler in America: East European Jewishness in Literature -- 10. Conclusion: Re-Inventing Jewishness Out of Memory -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The postwar decades were not the “golden era” in which American Jews easily partook in the religious revival, liberal consensus, and suburban middle-class comfort. Rather it was a period marked by restlessness and insecurity born of the shock about the Holocaust and of the unprecedented opportunities in American society. American Jews responded to loss and opportunity by obsessively engaging with the East European past. The proliferation of religious texts on traditional spirituality, translations of Yiddish literature, historical essays , photographs and documents of shtetl culture, theatrical and musical events, culminating in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, illustrate the grip of this past on post-1945 American Jews. This study shows how American Jews reimagined their East European past to make it usable for their American present. By rewriting their East European history, they created a repertoire of images, stories, and ideas that have shaped American Jewry to this day. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Amerikanisches Judentum. Osteuropäisches Judentum. HISTORY / Jewish. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1 9783110762488 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018 9783110719550 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2017 9783110547764 ZDB-23-DEG EPUB 9783110497144 print 9783110499926 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499438 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110499438 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110499438/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for New Modes of Jewishness in Postwar America -- 2. Launching a Discourse: YIVO’s Bridge From the Old World to the New -- 3. New (York) Jewish Intellectuals: The Past as Culture -- 4. Religious Culture as an Antidote to Liberal Judaism and Secular Jewishness -- 5. Spiritual Needs, the Past, and the Denominational Landscape -- 6. From East European Radicalism to Postwar American Progressivism -- 7. Presenting a Rich Jewish Culture: The Eternal Light and Life Is with People -- 8. Making Jewishness Meaningful: In School and in Hasidism -- 9. Tevye in Kasrilevke, the Fiddler in America: East European Jewishness in Literature -- 10. Conclusion: Re-Inventing Jewishness Out of Memory -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for New Modes of Jewishness in Postwar America -- 2. Launching a Discourse: YIVO’s Bridge From the Old World to the New -- 3. New (York) Jewish Intellectuals: The Past as Culture -- 4. Religious Culture as an Antidote to Liberal Judaism and Secular Jewishness -- 5. Spiritual Needs, the Past, and the Denominational Landscape -- 6. From East European Radicalism to Postwar American Progressivism -- 7. Presenting a Rich Jewish Culture: The Eternal Light and Life Is with People -- 8. Making Jewishness Meaningful: In School and in Hasidism -- 9. Tevye in Kasrilevke, the Fiddler in America: East European Jewishness in Literature -- 10. Conclusion: Re-Inventing Jewishness Out of Memory -- Bibliography -- Index |
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