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Author Kaplan, Dana Evan.

Title Contemporary American Judaism : transformation and renewal / Dana Evan Kaplan.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 446 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A historical overview from 1945 -- The reengagement with spirituality -- The rise and fall of American Jewish denominations -- Facing the collapse of the intermarriage stigma -- Inclusivity as a social value -- Radical responses to the suburban experience -- The popularization of Jewish mystical outreach -- Herculean efforts at synagogue renewal -- Conclusion: the future of Judaism in America -- Afterword / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
Summary No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the individual spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living in all corners of the United States. A pulpit rabbi and American Jew, Kaplan follows this religious individualism from its postwar suburban roots to the hippie revolution of the 1960s and the multiple postmodern identities of today. From Hebrew tattooing to Jewish Buddhist meditation, his book describes the remaking of historical tradition in ways that channel multiple ethnic and national identities.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Judaism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Judaism.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Judaism -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
Jews.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Jews -- United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kaplan, Dana Evan. Contemporary American Judaism. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008052006 (OCoLC)277472101
ISBN 9780231510417 (electronic book)
0231510411 (electronic book)
9780231137287 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0231137281 (cloth ; alkaline paper)