Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (xii, 266 p.) : ill.

Series statement

1. The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Uniform title

1. Speaking of Jews (Online)
2. S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

Alternative title

1. Speaking of Jews (Online)

Subject

1. Jews > United States > Identity
2. Jews > United States > Social conditions > 20th century
3. Jewish leadership > United States > History > 20th century
4. Judaism and the social sciences
5. Religion and sociology > United States
6. United States > Ethnic relations

Contents

1. Spiritual missions after the Great War : the reform movement and the Jewish Chautauqua Society -- The ghetto and beyond : the rising authority of American Jewish social science in interwar America -- The sacred and sociological dilemma of Jewish intermarriage -- Serving the public good and serving God in 1940s America -- Constructing an ethnic America : Oscar Handlin, Nathan Glazer, and post-World War II social research -- What is a Jew? : missionaries, outreach, and the Cold War ethnic challenge -- A Jewish Marilyn Monroe and the Civil-Rights-era crisis in Jewish self-presentation -- Conclusion: speaking of Jews.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Berman, Lila Corwin, 1976-

Title

1. Speaking of Jews [electronic resource] : rabbis, intellectuals, and the creation of an American public identity / Lila Corwin Berman.

Imprint

1. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Series

1. The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
2. S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2008025974