Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Studies in Contemporary Jewry

Author: Ezra Mendelsohn

Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Published: 1987-08-20

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0195364295

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This series is published yearly by the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It is edited by Jonathan Frankel, Peter Medding, and Ezra Mendelsohn, all distinguished professors of history at The Hebrew University. Volume III, the first to be published by Oxford, includes symposia, articles, book reviews, and lists of recent dissertations by major scholars of Jewish history from around the world. This year's symposium topic is "Jews and Other Ethnic Groups in a Multi-ethnic World." Essays in Volume III cover such topics as Jews in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces; post-Holocaust Hungarian Jewry; the American Jew as journalist; and Jewish social history.

Studies in Contemporary Jewry: III: Jews and other Ethnic Groups in a Multi-Ethnic World
Studies in Contemporary Jewry: III: Jews and other Ethnic Groups in a Multi-Ethnic World

Author: Jonathan Frankel

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 1987-09-24

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780195048964

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Studies in Contemporary Jewry brings together for the first time scholars working in different countries and belonging to different disciplines. Regarding modern Jewish history as a part of the ethnic explosion which has had a momentous impact on 19th- and 20th-century history, the contributors to Volume III address one of the greatest questions of modern Jewish studies: to what extent is modern Jewish history unique, and to what extent have Jews acted in ways similar to those of other minorities?

Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Studies in Contemporary Jewry

Author: Peter Y. Medding

Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Published: 1992-12-17

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 0195360680

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The eighth volume of the acclaimed annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this volume focuses on the history and development of American Jewish life since World War II. Contributions include "A 'Golden Decade' for American Jews, 1945-1955" by Arthur A. Goren, "American Judaism: Changing Patterns in Denominational Self-Definition" by Arnold Eisen, "Value Added: Jews in Postwar American Culture" by Stephen J. Whitfield, "The Postwar Economy of American Jews" by Barry R. Chiswick, "Jewish Migration in Postwar America: The Case of Miami and Los Angeles" by Deborah Dash Moore, and "All in the Family: American Jewish Attachments to Israel" by Chaim Waxman. The volume also contains essays, book reviews, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.

The Jews of Vienna and the First World War
The Jews of Vienna and the First World War

Author: David Rechter

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1909821721

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The first account of the experience of Viennese Jewry during the First World War, exploring the wartime crises of Jewish ideology and identity.

Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Studies in Contemporary Jewry

Author: Ezra Mendelsohn

Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Published: 1994-02-17

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0195358821

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This volume examines music's place in the process of Jewish assimilation into the modern European bourgeoisie and the role assigned to music in forging a new Jewish Israeli national identity, in maintaining a separate Sephardic identity, and in preserving a traditional Jewish life. Contributions include "On the Jewish Presence in Nineteenth Century European Musical Life," by Ezra Mendelsohn, "Musical Life in the Central European Jewish Village," by Philip V. Bohlman, "Jews and Hungarians in Modern Hungarian Musical Culture," by Judit Frigyesi, "New Directions in the Music of the Sephardic Jews," by Edwin Seroussi, "The Eretz Israeli Song and the Jewish National Fund," by Natan Shahar, "Alexander U. Boskovitch and the Quest for an Israeli Musical Style," by Jehoash Hirshberg, and "Music of Holy Argument," by Lionel Wolberger. The volume also contains essays, book reviews, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.

Ethnicity and Beyond
Ethnicity and Beyond

Author: Eli Lederhendler

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0199793492

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Volume 25 of the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry examines new understandings of ethnicity when applied to the Jewish people.

A Club of Their Own
A Club of Their Own

Author: Eli Lederhendler

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0190646128

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Volume XXIX of Studies in Contemporary Jewry provides a nuanced account of the history and development of Jewish humor, while also making a case for the importance of humor in studying any culture.

American Space, Jewish Time
American Space, Jewish Time

Author: Stephen J. Whitfield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1315479559

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"This is a delightful book, a small gem replete with insightful, provocative pieces about both American culture and Jewish life. I think that Stephen Whitfield is one of the most original essayists on these two topics. Few other scholars combine the density of his knowledge with the verve of his prose". -- Hasia R. Diner, New York University

New York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity, 1950-1970
New York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity, 1950-1970

Author: Eli Lederhendler

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2001-11-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780815607113

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The first book-length study of Jewish culture and ethnicity in New York City after World War II. Here is an intriguing look at the cause and effect of New York City politics and culture in the 1950s and 1960s and the inner life of one of the city's largest ethnic religious groups. The New York Jewish mystique has always been tied to the , fabric and fortunes of the city, as has the community's social aspirations, political inclinations, and its very notion of "Jewishness" itself. All this, points out Eli Lederhendler, came into question as the life of the city changed. Insightfully and meticulously he explores the decline of secular Jewish ethnic culture, the growth of Jewish religious factions, and the rise of a more assertive ethnocentrism. Using memoirs, essays, news items, and data on suburbanization, religion, and race relations, the book analyzes the decline of the metropolis in the 1960s, increasing clashes between Jews and African Americans. and postwar transiency of neighborhood-based ethnic awareness.