- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Uniform Title
- Speaking of Jews (Online)
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- Alternative Title
- Speaking of Jews (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2008025974
- OCLC
- ssj0000442669
- Author
Berman, Lila Corwin, 1976-
- Title
Speaking of Jews [electronic resource] : rabbis, intellectuals, and the creation of an American public identity / Lila Corwin Berman.
- Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
- Series
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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