Jewish on their own terms
Thompson, Jennifer A.
Jewish on their own terms how intermarried couples are changing American Judaism / [electronic resource] : Jennifer A. Thompson. - Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (x, 200 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
This book provides a complex, insightful portrait of intermarried couples and the new forms of American Judaism that they are constructing. It tells the stories of intermarried couples, the rabbis and other Jewish educators who work with them, and the conflicting public conversations about intermarriage among American Jews. Ethnography is used to describe the compelling concerns of all of these parties and places their anxieties firmly within the context of American religious culture and morality.
9781461954606 (electronic bk.) 1461954606 (electronic bk.) 9780813562834 (electronic bk.) 081356283X (electronic bk.)
Interfaith marriage--United States.
Intermarriage--United States.
Jews--Identity.--United States
Marriage--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Judaism--United States--21st century.
Interfaith marriage -- United States.
Intermarriage -- United States.
Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
Judaism -- United States -- 21st century.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ1031 / .T46 2014
305.8924073
Jewish on their own terms how intermarried couples are changing American Judaism / [electronic resource] : Jennifer A. Thompson. - Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (x, 200 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
This book provides a complex, insightful portrait of intermarried couples and the new forms of American Judaism that they are constructing. It tells the stories of intermarried couples, the rabbis and other Jewish educators who work with them, and the conflicting public conversations about intermarriage among American Jews. Ethnography is used to describe the compelling concerns of all of these parties and places their anxieties firmly within the context of American religious culture and morality.
9781461954606 (electronic bk.) 1461954606 (electronic bk.) 9780813562834 (electronic bk.) 081356283X (electronic bk.)
Interfaith marriage--United States.
Intermarriage--United States.
Jews--Identity.--United States
Marriage--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Judaism--United States--21st century.
Interfaith marriage -- United States.
Intermarriage -- United States.
Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
Judaism -- United States -- 21st century.
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ1031 / .T46 2014
305.8924073
