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Beyond yiddishkeit :

(Number (ISBN

0887065139

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0887065147 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780887065132

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9780887065149 (pbk.)

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Title Proper

Beyond yiddishkeit :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the struggle for Jewish identity in a Reform synagogue /

First Statement of Responsibility

Frida Kerner Furman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c1987.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 157 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

Bibliography: p. 143-153.

Text of Note

The transformation of Jewish identity -- Traditional Jewish society -- The religious dimension -- The individual and the group -- The power of the past -- The move to modernity -- The dissolution of traditional Jewish society -- Alternative Jewish paths -- The American experience -- Tradition and modernity: a false dichotomy -- Temple Shalom: setting and reform context -- Temple Shalom today -- The membership -- Professional staff -- Organizational structure -- The religious school -- The reform movement in America -- Ideology and identity -- Liberalism -- Social activism -- The Jewish tradition -- The Yarmulke controversy -- The question of Jewish content -- Summary and conclusions -- Ritual and identity -- The ritual context -- The Sabbath service -- The prayerbook -- The normative ritual -- The chaverim service: ritual of reversal analysis -- Community and identity -- The construction of community: uniqueness and identity -- The Temple Shalom family -- Differentiation from the Jewish community -- Style -- Temple Shalom as community -- Conclusions -- The sacralization of identity -- The liberal ethic -- Universalism and individualism -- Rationality -- Secularism -- The construction of a new ethic.

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Jews-- United States-- Identity.

Judaism-- United States.

Reform Judaism-- United States.

Synagogues-- United States.

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Book number

Furman, Frida Kerner,1948-

Date of Transaction

20140207104531.0

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[Book]

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