05871cam a2201021Mi 4500 ocn773565025 OCoLC 20200709055744.0 m d cr |n|---||||| 120123s2009 cau ob 001 0 eng d 2008025974 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP CN3GA OCLCO OCLCQ N$T JSTOR OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO DEBSZ CDX UBF E7B P@U COO OCLCQ OCL OCLCQ LOA AGLDB YDX 670278203 694144873 961488148 962638371 966208288 982342282 982401417 9780520943704 (electronic bk.) 0520943708 (electronic bk.) 0520256808 (paper) 9780520256804 (cloth) 0520256816 (paper) 9780520256811 (paper) 9786612772603 547361 (N$T) (OCoLC)773565025 (OCoLC)670278203 (OCoLC)694144873 (OCoLC)961488148 (OCoLC)962638371 (OCoLC)966208288 (OCoLC)982342282 (OCoLC)982401417 22573/cttt4ngv JSTOR n-us--- E184.36.E84 SOC 031000 bisacsh SOC 020000 bisacsh REL040000 bisacsh s1ht rero s2ss rero 305.69/609730904 305.69609730904 MAIN Berman, Lila Corwin. Speaking of Jews : Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity. CA : University of California Press, 2009. 1 online resource (281 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Presenting Jews to America; 1. Spiritual Missions after the Great War: The Reform Movement and the Jewish Chautauqua Society; 2. The Ghetto and Beyond: The Rising Authority of American Jewish Social Science in Interwar America; 3. The Sacred and Sociological Dilemma of Jewish Intermarriage; 4. Serving the Public Good and Serving God in 1940s America; 5. Constructing an Ethnic America: Oscar Handlin, Nathan Glazer, and Post-World War II Social Research. 6. What Is a Jew? Missionaries, Outreach, and the Cold War Ethnic Challenge7. A Jewish Marilyn Monroe and the Civil-Rights-Era Crisis in Jewish Self-Presentation; Conclusion: Speaking of Jews; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. Lila Corwin Berman asks why, over the course of the twentieth century, American Jews became increasingly fascinated, even obsessed, with explaining themselves to their non-Jewish neighbors. What she discovers is that language itself became a crucial tool for Jewish group survival and integration into American life. Berman investigates a wide range of sources--radio and television broadcasts, bestselling books, sociological studies, debates about Jewish marriage and intermarriage, Jewish missionary work, and more--to reveal how rabbis, intellectuals, and others created a seemingly endless array o. Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Jews United States Identity. Jews United States Social conditions 20th century. Jewish leadership United States History 20th century. Judaism and the social sciences. Religion and sociology United States. United States Ethnic relations. Social Science. History. SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh RELIGION Judaism General. bisacsh Ethnic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst00916005 Jewish leadership. fast (OCoLC)fst00982822 Jews Identity. fast (OCoLC)fst00983278 Jews Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst00983360 Judaism and the social sciences. fast (OCoLC)fst00984459 Religion and sociology. fast (OCoLC)fst01093858 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 judéité Etats-Unis 20e s. rero identité intellectuel Juif Etats-Unis 20e s. rero Führungskraft gnd (DE-588)4071497-4 Intellektueller gnd (DE-588)4027249-7 Identität gnd (DE-588)4026482-8 USA. swd Juden. swd 1900-1999 fast Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. local Print version: Berman, Lila Corwin. Speaking of Jews : Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity. CA : University of California Press, ©2009 9780520256804 S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547361 Northern Lakes College Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=547361 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection Coutts Information Services COUT 15337892 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL837276 ebrary EBRY ebr10675761 EBSCOhost EBSC 547361 Project MUSE MUSE muse30368 YBP Library Services YANK 7356583 92 N$T 52677 52677