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Studies in Contemporary Jewry : Volume VIII: A New Jewry? America Since the Second World War.
Title:
Studies in Contemporary Jewry : Volume VIII: A New Jewry? America Since the Second World War.
Author:
Medding, Peter Y.
ISBN:
9780195360684
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (428 pages)
Series:
Studies in Contemporary Jewry ; v.Vol. VIII

Studies in Contemporary Jewry
Contents:
Contents -- Symposium A New Jewry? America Since the Second World War -- Arthur A. Goren, A "Golden Decade" for American Jews: 1945-1955 -- Arnold Eisen, American Judaism: Changing Patterns in Denominational Self-Definition -- Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, State and Real Estate: Territoriality and the Modern Jewish Imagination -- Stephen J. Whitfield, Value Added: Jews in Postwar American Culture -- Barry R. Chiswick, The Postwar Economy of American Jews -- Deborah Dash Moore, Jewish Migration in Postwar America: The Case of Miami and Los Angeles -- Gary A. Tobin and Gabriel Berger, Understanding Jewish Communal Involvement: Theoretical Issues and Policy Implications -- Chaim I. Waxman, All in the Family: American Jewish Attachments to Israel -- Essays -- Yitzhak Gil-Har, Zionist Policy at the Versailles Peace Conference: Setting the Northern Border of Palestine -- Yossi Goldstein, Ahad Ha'am in Historical Perspective -- Michael A. Meyer, Jewish Scholarship and Jewish Identity: Their Historical Relationship in Modern Germany -- David Mittelberg, The Impact of Jewish Education and an "Israel Experience" on the Jewish Identity of American Jewish Youth -- Anthony D. Smith, The Question of Jewish Identity -- Review Essays -- Marcus Arkin, "Not of Pure Aryan Stock": The Jewish Impact on the Economic Transformation of Modern Germany -- Aharon Klieman, Walking the Tightrope: Jordan and the Middle East Conflict -- Book Reviews (arranged by subject) -- Antisemitism, Holocaust and Genocide -- Thomas Albrich -- Shmuel Almog -- Randolph L. Braham (ed.) -- Christopher Browning -- Shalom Cholawski -- Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit -- Gerhard Hirschfeld -- Stefan Korbonski -- Deborah E. Lipstadt -- Abraham J. Peck and Uri D. Herscher (eds.) -- Rivka Perils -- Jacques Presser -- Menachem Z. Rosensaft and Yehuda Bauer (eds.) -- David Roskies (ed.).

Salomon W. Slowes -- Nechama Tec -- Gary A. Tobin with Sharon L. Sassler -- Gerhard Vilsmeier -- Jewish Communal and Social History -- Eugene C. Black -- David Cesarani (ed.) -- Neil M. Cowan and Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Daniel J. Elazar and Harold M. Waller -- Heinz Moshe Graupe -- David Leviatin -- Dov Levin (ed.) -- Ezra Mendelsohn and Chone Shmeruk (eds.) -- Robin Ostow -- Abraham J. Peck (ed.) -- Ada Rapoport-Albert and Steven J. Zipperstein (eds.) -- Monika Richarz (ed.) -- Moses Rischin (ed.) -- Emanuela Trevisan Semi -- David Sorkin -- Michael Stanislawski -- Language, Art and Literature -- David Aberbach -- Herbert G. Goldman -- Gabriel Josipovici -- Dovid Katz (ed.) -- Ira B. Nadel -- Religion, Thought and Education -- J. David Bleich -- A. Roy Eckardt -- David Ellenson -- Simon Greenberg (ed.) -- Norman Lamrn -- Michael L. Morgan (ed.) -- David Novak -- Riv-Ellen Prell -- Marc Lee Raphael -- Jack Wertheimer (ed.) -- Social Sciences and Politics -- Brenda Danet -- Daniel J. Elazar (ed.) -- Carole Fink -- Ruth Kozodoy -- David Kraemer (ed.) -- Eli Lederhendler -- Werner E. Mosse -- Werner E. Mosse -- Yaakov Oved -- Yoav Peled -- Moshe Shokeid -- Zionism, Israel and the Middle East -- Michel Abitbol -- Shlomo Avineri -- Uri Bar-Joseph -- Uriel Dann (ed.) -- Abraham Diskin -- Binyamin Eliav -- Yosef Katz -- Michael Keren -- Baruch Kimmerling (ed.) -- Samir A. Mutawi -- Ernst Pawel -- Gershon Shafir -- Margalit Shilo -- Ned Temko -- David Vital -- Chaim I. Waxman -- Eugene Weiner and Anita Weiner -- Mary C. Wilson -- Gadi Wolfsfeld -- Recently Completed Doctoral Dissertations -- Contents for Volume IX -- Note on Editorial Policy.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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