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Speaking of Jews : rabbis, intellectuals, and the creation of an American public identity / Lila Corwin Berman.

Author/creator Berman, Lila Corwin, 1976-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxii, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
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Subject(s)
Series The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-251) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008025974
ISBN9780520256804 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520256808 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520256811 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520256816 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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