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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| Place / Publishing House: | München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 290 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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