America's Jews in Transition
Author: Chaim Isaac Waxman
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780087722323
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Author: Chaim Isaac Waxman
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780087722323
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chaim Waxman
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780877223214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book is a social history and sociology of American Jewry. It provides an up-to-date analysis of the contemporary American Jewish community, an analysis that includes educational, occupational, income, and political patterns of American Jews; the American Jewish family; anti-semitism; the relationship between American Jews and Israel; and the recent immigration of Soviet, Israeli, and Iranian Jews to the USA. In synthesizing a vast array of empirical studies, the author argues that while American Jews have been successful in their quest to integrate into the American social system, recent developments both in the American social and cultural system, at large, and within the Jewish community, in particular, indicate that this ethno-religious group is confronting the challenge to its continuity and its manifesting survivalist strengths which were not readily apparent in earlier generations. America's Jews in Transition should interest students in a wide range of fields, among them sociology, ethnic studies, Jewish studies, American studies, and religious studies. Because of its breadth and the freshness of its material, the book should also appeal to the general reader.
Author: Chaim Waxman
Publisher: VNR AG
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780877223214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveying American Jewry from its beginnings in 1654 through the early 1980s, Waxman reviews earlier studies and offers a fresh analysis from a survivalist rather than assimilationist perspective. He argues that while American Jews have been successful in their quest to integrate into the American social system, recent developments show that this ethno-religious group is confronting challenges to its continuity and is manifesting survivalist strengths not apparent earlier. Topics covered include: educational, occupational, income and political patterns of American Jews; the American Jewish family; anti-semitism; the relation between American Jews and Israel; and the immigration of Soviet, Israeli and Iranian Jews to the United States. ISBN 0-87722-321-1 : $24.95; ISBN 0-87722-329-7 (pbk.) : $9.95.
Author: Gerhard Falk
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780761800163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American Jewish community is in transition. This book describes in detail how American Jews changed from living in a religion-oriented community to living a secular life. Falk discusses how Jewish Americans were greatly influenced by the secularization of Western civilization in general and by the Christian community in Europe and America specifically. The secularization of American Jewish institutions is analyzed by discussing changes in the Jewish religion, Jewish education and Jewish organizations during this century. Special consideration is given to the issue of Jewish survival in America with specific emphasis on the Jewish-Christian intermarriage rate. Contents: Part One: The Present Condition of Judaism in America; The American Jewish at the End of the 20th Century; Part Two: The Development of Secularization in the Western World; The Influence of Jewish Philosophers on the Secularization of Judaism; The Influence of Christians and Other Philosophers on the Secularization of the Western World; The Secularization of the U.S. before 1900; The Influence of Scientific Thinking on the Secularization Process; The Influence of Some European and American Writers on the Secularization Process; The Secularization of the United States in the 20th Century; Part Three: American Jewish Institutions at the End of the Century; The Secularization of the Jewish Religion in America; The Secularization of the American Jewish Family; The Secularization of American Jewish Education; Organized American Jewishness at the End of the 20th Century; Part Four: Jewish Continuity in a Secular Society; The Secular Life in America; Jewish Survival in America.
Author: Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 338
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sara Bershtel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780520085121
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Saving Remnants provides a series of honest and clear-minded portraits of young American Jews trying to confront what it means to be Jewish."--Irving Howe, author of World of Our Fathers "You don't have to be Jewish to be fascinated and challenged by this sensitive, profoundly intelligent book. Saving Remnants is about Jewishness, but it is also about all of us, searching for 'identity' on a menu that includes New Age epiphanies along with old-time religions and instant 'traditions.'"--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Fear of Falling
Author: Behrman House
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Published: 2005-04-15
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780874417807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican Jews enter the twentieth century -- Jews in postwar America and beyond -- Being Jewish in America today.
Author: Shaul Magid
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2013-04-09
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 0253008026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArticulates a new, post-ethnic American Jewishness
Author: Ellen Jaffe-Gill
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Published: 1995-11-16
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEllen McClain is an observant, intermarried Jewish woman who rejects the popular myth that intermarriage will lead to the death of American Jewry. she Encourages the Jewish community to reach out to intermarried families and include them in community activities.
Author: Calvin Goldscheider
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 224
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