TY - BOOK AU - Berman,Lila Corwin TI - Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity T2 - The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies SN - 9780520943704 AV - E184.36.E84 U1 - 305.69/609730904305.69609730904 PY - 2009/// CY - CA PB - University of California Press KW - Jews KW - United States KW - Identity KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Jewish leadership KW - History KW - Judaism and the social sciences KW - Religion and sociology KW - Social Science KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - bisacsh KW - Minority Studies KW - RELIGION KW - Judaism KW - General KW - Ethnic relations KW - fast KW - judéité KW - Etats-Unis KW - 20e s KW - rero KW - identité KW - intellectuel KW - Juif KW - Führungskraft KW - gnd KW - Intellektueller KW - Identität KW - USA KW - swd KW - Juden KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547361 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=547361 ER -