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Contemporary American Judaism
Dana Evan Kaplan
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Description for Contemporary American Judaism
Num Pages: 446 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 817.
No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living all over the United States. A pulpit rabbi and himself an American Jew, Dana Evan 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, Kaplan describes the remaking of historical tradition in ways that channel multiple ethnic and national identities. While pessimists worry about the vanishing ... Read more
No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living all over the United States. A pulpit rabbi and himself an American Jew, Dana Evan 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, Kaplan describes the remaking of historical tradition in ways that channel multiple ethnic and national identities. While pessimists worry about the vanishing ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
Number of Pages
446
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231137287
SKU
V9780231137287
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About Dana Evan Kaplan
Dana Evan Kaplan is the rabbi of Temple B'nai Israel in Albany, Georgia, and adjunct professor of Jewish Studies at Gratz College. His books include The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, American Reform Judaism: An Introduction, Platforms and Prayer Books: Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaismand Contemporary Debates on Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions. Many of his publications can be ... Read more
Reviews for Contemporary American Judaism
There is no better guide to the remarkable changes in American Jewish religion.
Nathan Glazer, Harvard University A tour de force that covers every important development in each of the branches of American Judaism, and Kaplan does it with a deep sensitivity to the issues involved.
Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University Contemporary American Judaism is a pioneering and ... Read more
Nathan Glazer, Harvard University A tour de force that covers every important development in each of the branches of American Judaism, and Kaplan does it with a deep sensitivity to the issues involved.
Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University Contemporary American Judaism is a pioneering and ... Read more