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Author: Samuel G. Freedman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 0684859459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt a time when Jews in the United States appear more secure and successful than ever, Freedman maintains that cultural and religious differences are tearing apart their community.
Author: Robert Eisenberg
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-13
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781682193075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith Joe Biden stepping back into the national scene, the time is ripe for a close assessment of the administration in which he served as vice-president. The Center Did Not Hold weighs the progressive--and not so progressive--contributions of the Obama-Biden White House across more than a hundred issues involving international relations, domestic cultural and economic matters, and social justice. While Obama and Biden campaigned in the early 2000s on a host of progressive promises, Eisenberg's meticulous accounting shows that, over eight years, they failed to achieve any substantial, lasting change to that end, instead perpetuating a tradition of cautious centrism. Among the disappointments, the former president and vice-president reneged on environmental promises, pandered to lobbyists, prosecuted a record number of whistle-blowers, and failed to implement the simplest of financial reforms in response to the 2008 crisis. Under Biden's trademark "counterterrorism plus" strategy, they oversaw tens of thousands of civilian deaths in Afghanistan, and escalated violence in the Middle East.
Author: Stephanie Wellen Levine
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2004-08-06
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0814751970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA look at young Jewish women who are typecast as pious and reserved but have as much imagination and similar desires as other young women.
Author: Alan Unterman
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1836241879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to Jewish beliefs and practices, demonstrating that Judaism is a living religion which retains the vitality found in the Biblical corpus, but which has gone on to develop institutions, modes of behaviour and ideas which constitute the singularity of Jewish expression.
Author: Marc Lee Raphael
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009-10-22
Total Pages: 499
ISBN-13: 0231132239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection focuses on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic experience. It opens with essays on early Jewish settlers (1654-1820), the expansion of Jewish life in America (1820-1901), the great wave of eastern European Jewish immigrants (1880-1924), the character of American Judaism between the two world wars, American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day War, and the growth of Jews' influence and affluence. The second half of the volume includes essays on Orthodox Jews, the history of Jewish education in America, the rise of Jewish social clubs at the turn of the century, the history of southern and western Jewry, Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust, feminism's confrontation with Judaism, and the eternal question of what defines American Jewish culture. Original and elegantly crafted, The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America not only introduces the student to a thrilling history, but also provides the scholar with new perspectives and insights.
Author: Simeon D. Baumel
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1782389326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite its outwardly static and traditional appearance, the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) world is engaged in a constant cultural dialogue with modernity. This dialogue is exceptionally visible in the realm of language as shown in this study that examines the language and culture of four ultra-Orthodox groups found in Israel: the Ashkenazi (European) Mitnagdim-Lithuanians, and the Oriental Sefaradi Haredim. After the presentation of the historical background of the four sects, the author analyzes the public and private domains, focusing on language as used in many different forms and situations, and on the management of language. He furthermore compares the language policies of British, American, and French Haredim belonging to the Habad, Gur, Mitnagdic and Sefaradi sects to those in Israel and finds many similarities between the groups. The book concludes with the proposal of an interdisciplinary model, based on the Haredi case study, which can be used by language planners worldwide to understand the issues of language maintenance and loss among ethnic and ethno-religious minorities.
Author: Eric Maroney
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781442200456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough Israel is the only Jewish nation most people can name, there have been many more. Author Eric Maroney introduces readers to the Jews of Khazaria, Adiabene (modern day Iraq), Ethiopia, Birobidzhan (modern day Russia), Himyar (modern day Yemen), and more. --from publisher description.
Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2010-05-27
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1786949865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA multifaceted exploration of what makes a home 'Jewish', materially and emotionally, and of what it takes to make Jews feel 'at home' in their environment.
Author: M. Vaul-Grimwood
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-08-06
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 023060563X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring five key texts from the emerging canon of second generation writing, this exciting new study brings together theories of autobiography, trauma, and fantasy to understand the how traumatic family histories are represented. In doing so, it demonstrates the continuing impact of familial and community Holocaust trauma, and the need for a precise, clearly developed theoretical framework in which to situate these works. This book will appeal to final year undergraduates and postgraduate students, as well as scholars in literary and Holocaust-related fields, and an audience with personal and professional interests in the 'second generation'.
Author: Michael Hornsby
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-10-05
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1137498803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the language community in question. This volume examines this phenomenon from the viewpoint of three minority languages: Breton, Yiddish and Lemko.
