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Book SynopsisIn this text leading Western, Russian, and Central Asian scholars examine the domestic and international dynamics of Muslim Central Asia and the Caucasus. They also address the circumstances that continue to affect the Muslim states of the former Soviet Union.Table of ContentsThe Emerging Muslim States of Central Asia and the Caucasus, Mohiaddin Mesbahi. Part 1 Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus - Ethnicity and Islam: The Ethnohistorical Dynamics of Muslim Societies Within Russia and the CIS, Sergei A. Panarin; The Emerging Central Asia - Ethnic and Religious Factions, Eden Naby; Muslim Central Asia - Soviet Development Legacies and Future Challenges, M. Nazif Shahrani. Part 2 The New Muslim States - The North Caucasus and Azerbaijan: The ""Internal"" Muslim Factor in the Politics of Russia - Tatarstan and the North Caucasus, Marie Bennigsen Broxup; Azerbaijan, Yuri N. Zinin and Alexei V. Maleshenko. Part 3 The New Muslim States - Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Martha Brill Olcott; Uzbekistan, Zahid I. Munavvarov; Kyrgyzstan, Alexander O. Filonyk; Tadjikistan, Aziz Niyazi; Turkmenistan, Andrei G. Nedvetsky. Part 4 Russia and the Former Soviet South - The New Geopolitics: The Disintegration of the Soviet Eurasian Empire - an Ongoing Debate, Milan L. Hauner; Great Power Ideology and the Muslim Nations of the CIS, Arthur Sagdeev; Central Asia and the Middle East - the Emerging Links, Anthony Hyman; Russia and the Geopolitics of the Muslim South, Mohiaddin Mesbahi.

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Book SynopsisIllustrated with photographs, drawings, and cartoons gathered from popular culture, this provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current clichés and homogenous representations.

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Book SynopsisChallenging the assumption that modernist writer Gertrude Stein seldom integrated her Jewish identity and heritage into her work, this book uncovers Stein’s constant and varied writing about Jewish topics throughout her career.

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Book SynopsisThis volume puts to rest the myth that the Jews went passively to the slaughter like sheep. Indeed Jews resisted in every Nazi-occupied country in the forests, the ghettos, and the concentration camps. The essays presented here consider Jewish resistance to be resistance by Jewish persons in specifically Jewish groups, or by Jewish persons working within non-Jewish organisations.

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Book SynopsisAn assessment of how race, class, and gender shape social identity in the United States. The author argues that changes in racial assignment have shaped the ways American Jews of different eras have constructed their own ethnoracial identities.Trade Review"An insightful interpretation of the complexities of Jewish ethnoracial identity, in the context of a multicultural America stratified by gender, race and class that is both theoretically rich and deeply personal. By interrogating how Jews were integrated within the framework of whiteness. Brodkin illustrates just how difficult it may be to deracialize American society and culture." -- Manning MarableTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. How Did Jews Become White Folks? 2. Race Making 3. Race, Gender, and Virtue in Civic Discourse 4. Not Quite White: Gender and Jewish Identity 5. A Whiteness of Our Own? Jewishness and Whiteness in the 1950s and 1960s Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHere, Vincent Brook examines the trend for American sitcoms featuring explicitly, Jewish lead characters from the period 1989 through 2002. He questions why this trend appeared at this particular historical moment and the significance of this phenomenon for Jews and non-Jews alike?Trade Review"By offering a savvy and sophisticated history of how television has showcased Jewish characters, Vincent Brook manages to illuminate both the permutations of Jewish status in pop culture and the openness of an inescapable medium to ethnic persistence. As a result, Something Ain't Kosher Here is a compulsively readable book." -- Stephen Whitfield * Dept. of American Studies, Brandeis University *"This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism." -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism. -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *By offering a savvy and sophisticated history of how television has showcased Jewish characters, Vincent Brook manages to illuminate both the permutations of Jewish status in pop culture and the openness of an inescapable medium to ethnic persistence. As a result, Something AinÆt Kosher Here is a compulsively readable book. -- Stephen Whitfield * Department of American Studies, Brandeis University *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Americanization of Molly 3. The Vanishing American Jew? Ethno-Racial Projects in the Post-Goldbergs Era 4. The More Things Change ... : The First Phase of the Jewish Sitcom Trend 5. Trans-formations of Ethnic Space from The Goldbergs to Seinfeld 6. Under the Sign of Seinfeld: The Second Phase of the Jewish Sitcom Trend 7. Un-"Dresch"-ing the Jewish Princess 8. Post-Jewishness? The Third Phase of the Jewish Sitcom Trend 9. Conclusion?

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Book SynopsisAt a time when religious fundamentalism throughout the world is inseparable from political aims, this interdisciplinary look at the mutual influences between religion and the media is essential reading for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines.Trade ReviewThe breadth of coverage given to different religious traditions in this volume is nothing short of astonishing. The reader is taken on a wide-ranging tour of religion, media, and markets across diverse social and cultural contexts. -- John P. Bartkowski * author of The Promise Keepers: Servants, Soldiers, and Godly Men *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Identity, Belonging, and Religious Lifestyle Branding (Fashion Bibles, Bhangra Parties, and Muslim Pop), Lynn Schofield ClarkPart ISelling, Influencing, Publishing, Purchasing: Establishing and Participating in the Mediated Religious Marketplace1. Free Grace, Free Books, Free Riders: The Economics of Religious Publishing in Early Nineteenth-Century America, David Nord2. Making Money, Saving Souls: Christian Bookstores and the Commodification of Christianity, Anne L. Borden3. Jewish Space Aliens Are Lucky to Be Free! Religious Distinctiveness, Media, and Markets in Jewish Childrens Culture, Hillary WarrenPart IIReligion and Politics in Tension: Mobilization and Mission through Media and Material Artifacts4. Literacy in the Eye of the Conversion Storm, Gauri Viswanathan5. Mary as Media Icon: Gender and Militancy in Twentieth-Century U.S. Roman Catholic Devotional Media, Maryellen Davis6. Cartoon Wars: The Prince of Egypt in Retrospect, Erica SheenPart IIIRepresentations of the Religious Other in Popular Media and in the Marketplace7. Evangelicalism and the Presidential Election of 1960: The Catholic Question in Christianity Today Magazine, Phyllis E. Alsdurf8. Religion as Rhetorical Resource: The Muslim Immigrant in (Danish) Public Discourse, Ferruh Yilmaz9. Blowing the Cover: Imaging Religious Functionaries in Ghanaian/Nigerian Films, Kwabena Asamoah-GyaduPart IVMedia Courted, Media Resisted: Popular Rituals and Artifacts in the Crafting of New Public Religious Practices10. Media Mecca: Tensions, Tropes, and Techno-Pagans at the Burning Man Festival, Lee Gilmore11. Day of the Dead as a New U.S. Holiday: Ritual, Media, and Material Culture in the Quest for Connection, Regina M. MarchiAfterword, Stewart M. HooverList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisFeatures fifteen scholars who trace the evolution of Jewish identity. This book examines Judaism from the Greco-Roman age, through medieval times, to modern western, and eastern Europe onwards.Trade Review"This extensive array of intensive historical and contemporary analyses of Judaism and Jewishness is a valuable contribution to the understanding of what it means to be Jewish." -- Chaim I. Waxman * Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Jewish Studies, Rutgers University *"We live in an age not only of fluid identities and shifting identities, but of contested identities as well. This extraordinary collection of eminently readable scholarly articles spans centuries of Jewish life, and offers an insightful, stimulating and provocative look at Jews' ongoing struggle with defining their identities. Religion? Ethnicity? Both? Neither? The answers, as we learn, depend not only on whom you ask—but when and where—and who does the asking." -- Steven M. Cohen * author of The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America *"A provocative and important volume. The book elucidate[s] how the definition of the Jewish people has evolved over the centuries and has changed at different times in different places. Highly recommended." * Choice *"This extensive array of intensive historical and contemporary analyses of Judaism and Jewishness is a valuable contribution to the understanding of what it means to be Jewish." -- Chaim I. Waxman * Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Jewish Studies, Rutgers University *"We live in an age not only of fluid identities and shifting identities, but of contested identities as well. This extraordinary collection of eminently readable scholarly articles spans centuries of Jewish life, and offers an insightful, stimulating and provocative look at Jews' ongoing struggle with defining their identities. Religion? Ethnicity? Both? Neither? The answers, as we learn, depend not only on whom you ask—but when and where—and who does the asking." -- Steven M. Cohen * author of The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America *"A provocative and important volume. The book elucidate[s] how the definition of the Jewish people has evolved over the centuries and has changed at different times in different places. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsJewish religion, Jewish ethnicity: the evolution of Jewish identities / Zvi Gitelman Secularism, hellenism, and rabbis in antiquity / Yaron Eliav What is a Judaism?: perspectives from Second Temple Jewish studies / Gabriele Boccaccini Crypto-Jewish criticism of tradition and its echoes in Jewish communities / Miriam Bodian Spinoza and the origins of Jewish secularism / Steven Nadler Yiddish schools in America and the problem of secular Jewish identity / David Fishman Beyond assimilation: introducing subjectivity to German-Jewish history / Scott Spector Jewish self-identification and West European categories of belonging from the Enlightenment to World War II / Todd Endelman People of the (secular) book: literary anthologies and the making of Jewish identity in postwar America / Julian Levinson Secular-Jewish identity and the condition of secular Judaism in Israel / Charles Liebman and Yaacov Yadgar Beyond the religious-secular dichotomy: masortim in Israel / Charles Liebman and Yaacov Yadgar What kind of Jewish state do Israelis want?: the nature and determinants of Israeli attitudes toward secularism and some comparisons with Arab attitudes toward the relationship between religion and politics / Mark Tessler The construction of 'secular' and 'religious' in modern Hebrew literature / Shachar Pinsker Jewish identity and secularism in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine / Zvi Gitelman Judaism, community, and Jewish culture in American life: continuities and transformations / Calvin Goldscheider Beyond apikorsut: a Judaism for secular Jews / Adam Chalom The nature and viability of Jewish religious and secular identities / Zvi Gitelman

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Book SynopsisRuth Behar’s An Island Called Home is a kaddish, an offering, dedicated to the exiles and to the children of the exiles and for those wandering still, searching for their homes. May they ‘not be given up for lost.Trade Review"Traversing the island, Behar becomes a confidante to a myriad of Jewish strangers. Through one-on-one interviews and black-and-white images taken by her photographer, Humberto Mayol, she uncovers the diasporic thread that connects Cuban Jews....This diligent recounting and pictorial collage of interviews with adolescents, the aging, the impoverished and the political by Behar preserves in memory the people and places that make up Cuba's Jewish story." * Publishers Weekly *"An Island Called Home is a snapshot of Cuban Jewish life and well worth a read by anyone interested in the beloved but mystifying island so close to home in America" -- Miriam Bradman Abrahams * Jewish Book Council *"Traversing the island, Behar becomes a confidante to a myriad of Jewish strangers. Through one-on-one interviews and black-and-white images taken by her photographer, Humberto Mayol, she uncovers the diasporic thread that connects Cuban Jews....This diligent recounting and pictorial collage of interviews with adolescents, the aging, the impoverished and the political by Behar preserves in memory the people and places that make up Cuba's Jewish story." * Publishers Weekly *A fascinating and vital memoir about a rarely glimpsed cultural force in Cuba; both personal and far-reaching. An Island Called Home digs deep to reveal new things about the collective soul of the Cubans. -- Oscar Hijuelos * author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love *This may be Behar's most personal work...she lovingly intertwines her own thoughts and feelings with the more analytical observations of her profession. The result: a narrative that tugs at the heart. * Miami Herald *"A nostalgic look at Cuban Jews, now and then. . . . her supple text is supplemented by the vivid photographs of Cuban photographer Humberto Mayol." * Canadian Jewish News *The book offers a brief historical introduction and an excellent chronology that tell why and how Jews from all over Europe and the Middle East flocked to Cuba in the early years of the twentieth century. This book tells as much about the author as it does about the Jews of Cuba. Behar has spent her life considering herself an outsider. As an academicshe has pursued that posture studying different cultures, hiding her Jewish identity, and wondering where she could take root. In this, her sixth book, Behar reveals the child whose roots are photographs in a suitcase. In Cuba she finds a home. Her tenacity in documenting even the smallest and most distant communities makes this study valuable. * Shofar *"An Island Called Home is a snapshot of Cuban Jewish life and well worth a read by anyone interested in the beloved but mystifying island so close to home in America" -- Miriam Bradman Abrahams * Jewish Book Council *Table of ContentsMap of Cuba (showing places visited) Running Away from Home to Run toward Home Part One: Blessings for the Dead Part Two: Havana Part Three: Traces Part Four: In the Provinces Part Five: Shalom to Cuba How this Book Came to Be a Photojourney Chronology Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Photographs About the Author and Photographer

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Book SynopsisExplores one of the major issues in Holocaust studies - the intersection of memory and ethics in artistic expression, particularly within literature. This work examines the shifting cultural contexts for Holocaust representation and reveals how writers articulate the shadowy borderline between fact and fiction, and between event and expression.Trade Review"Bringing together some of the best known thinkers in the field of Holocaust literary studies, this volume will quickly become required reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and scholars of the Shoah."— Irene Kacandes, co-editor of Teaching the Representation of the Holocaust "A provocative and engaging volume." — Holocaust and Genocide StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part One. Is the Holocaust Still to Be Written? The Holocaust, History Writing, and the Role of Fiction Nostalgia and the Holocaust Death in Language Oskar Rosenfeld and Historiographic Realism (including Sex, Shit, and Status) Part Two. A Question for Aesthetics? Nazi Aesthetics in Historical Context Writing Ruins "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" Part Three. Does Culture Influence Memory? The Holocaust and the Economy of Memory, from Bellow to Morrison (The Technique of Figurative Allegory) "And in the Distance You Hear Music, a Band Playing" Reading Heart of Darkness after the Holocaust Theorizing the Perpetrator in Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Martin Amis's Time's Arrow

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Trade Review"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds admirably in expanding scholarship on postwar American Jewish women." * Journal of American History *"Although no one volume can fill the 'gaping hole' in scholarship about Jewish women in the postwar years, the editors and contributors have made a valiant first effort. Recommended." * Choice *"A fascinating anthology. For readers who relish the joy of reading Jewish and American history, this book will be a delight." * Jewish Book World *"A marvelously fresh look at Jewish women in the post war period. This volume of collected essays deeply enriches our understanding of the varied experiences of Jewish women in the 1950s. Reading this volume will forever transform the way the reader thinks about Jewish women, female power, and the pervasive influence of gender." -- Shuly Schwartz * Jewish Theological Seminary *"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds in describing the complex roles of Jewish women in the time of Betty Friedan and the rise of the second wave feminist movement in America. This book provides a rich chorus of voices, further proving that whatever the lives of Jewish women in the American postwar period were, they weren't simple." * Lilith *"The essays in this fine collection help to revise our understanding of Jewish women and the feminine mystique. Jewish women were affected by the pervasive folk myths of the 1950s, but, like Friedan, they were hardly defined by the feminine mystique; they were too busy starting revolutions." * Hadassah Magazine *Table of ContentsSome of us were there before Betty : Jewish women and political activism in postwar Miami / Raymond A. Mohl The polishness of Lucy S. Dawidowicz's postwar Jewish Cold War / Nancy Sinkoff Our defense against despair : the progressive politics of the national council of Jewish women after World War II / Kathleen A. Laughlin It's good Americanism to join Hadassah : selling Hadassah in the postwar era / Rebecca Boim Wolf A lady sometimes blows the shofar : women's religious equality in the postwar reconstructionist movement / Deborah Waxman Beyond the myths of mobility and altruism : Jewish immigrant professionals and Jewish social welfare agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Rebecca Kobrin Negotiating new terrain : Egyptian women at home in America / Audrey Nasar The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in postwar America / Giovanna P. Del Negro Judy Holliday's urban working girl characters in 1950s Hollywood film / Judith Smith The "gentle Jewish mother" who owned a luxury resort : the public image of Jennie Grossinger, 1954-1972 / Rachel Kranson Reading Marjorie Morningstar in the age of the feminine mystique and after / Barbara Sicherman We were ready to turn the world upside down : radical feminism and Jewish women / Joyce Antler Jewish women remaking American feminism : women remaking American Judaism : reflections on the life of Betty Friedan / Daniel Horowitz

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Book SynopsisIn The Feminine Mystique, Jewish-raised Betty Friedan struck out against a postwar American culture that pressured women to play the role of subservient housewives. However, Friedan never acknowledged that many American women refused to retreat from public life during these years. Now, A Jewish Feminine Mystique? examines how Jewish women sought opportunities and created images that defied the stereotypes and prescriptive ideology of the feminine mystique.As workers with or without pay, social justice activists, community builders, entertainers, and businesswomen, most Jewish women championed responsibilities outside their homes. Jewishness played a role in shaping their choices, shattering Friedan's assumptions about how middle-class women lived in the postwar years. Focusing on ordinary Jewish women as well as prominent figures such as Judy Holliday, Jennie Grossinger, and Herman Wouk's fictional Marjorie Morningstar, leading scholars explore the wide canvas upon which American JewisTrade Review"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds admirably in expanding scholarship on postwar American Jewish women." * Journal of American History *"Although no one volume can fill the 'gaping hole' in scholarship about Jewish women in the postwar years, the editors and contributors have made a valiant first effort. Recommended." * Choice *"A fascinating anthology. For readers who relish the joy of reading Jewish and American history, this book will be a delight." * Jewish Book World *"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds in describing the complex roles of Jewish women in the time of Betty Friedan and the rise of the second wave feminist movement in America. This book provides a rich chorus of voices, further proving that whatever the lives of Jewish women in the American postwar period were, they weren't simple." * Lilith *"The essays in this fine collection help to revise our understanding of Jewish women and the feminine mystique. Jewish women were affected by the pervasive folk myths of the 1950s, but, like Friedan, they were hardly defined by the feminine mystique; they were too busy starting revolutions." * Hadassah Magazine *"This engaging anthology presents a range of historical cases where the lives of Jewish women in postwar America diverged from the norm of the 1950s suburban housewife." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"A marvelously fresh look at Jewish women in the post war period. This volume of collected essays deeply enriches our understanding of the varied experiences of Jewish women in the 1950s. Reading this volume will forever transform the way the reader thinks about Jewish women, female power, and the pervasive influence of gender." -- Shuly Schwartz * Jewish Theological Seminary *"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds admirably in expanding scholarship on postwar American Jewish women." * Journal of American History *"Although no one volume can fill the 'gaping hole' in scholarship about Jewish women in the postwar years, the editors and contributors have made a valiant first effort. Recommended." * Choice *"A fascinating anthology. For readers who relish the joy of reading Jewish and American history, this book will be a delight." * Jewish Book World *"A Jewish Feminine Mystique? succeeds in describing the complex roles of Jewish women in the time of Betty Friedan and the rise of the second wave feminist movement in America. This book provides a rich chorus of voices, further proving that whatever the lives of Jewish women in the American postwar period were, they weren't simple." * Lilith *"The essays in this fine collection help to revise our understanding of Jewish women and the feminine mystique. Jewish women were affected by the pervasive folk myths of the 1950s, but, like Friedan, they were hardly defined by the feminine mystique; they were too busy starting revolutions." * Hadassah Magazine *"This engaging anthology presents a range of historical cases where the lives of Jewish women in postwar America diverged from the norm of the 1950s suburban housewife." * Journal of American Ethnic History *"A marvelously fresh look at Jewish women in the post war period. This volume of collected essays deeply enriches our understanding of the varied experiences of Jewish women in the 1950s. Reading this volume will forever transform the way the reader thinks about Jewish women, female power, and the pervasive influence of gender." -- Shuly Schwartz * Jewish Theological Seminary *Table of ContentsSome of us were there before Betty : Jewish women and political activism in postwar Miami / Raymond A. Mohl The polishness of Lucy S. Dawidowicz's postwar Jewish Cold War / Nancy Sinkoff Our defense against despair : the progressive politics of the national council of Jewish women after World War II / Kathleen A. Laughlin It's good Americanism to join Hadassah : selling Hadassah in the postwar era / Rebecca Boim Wolf A lady sometimes blows the shofar : women's religious equality in the postwar reconstructionist movement / Deborah Waxman Beyond the myths of mobility and altruism : Jewish immigrant professionals and Jewish social welfare agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Rebecca Kobrin Negotiating new terrain : Egyptian women at home in America / Audrey Nasar The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in postwar America / Giovanna P. Del Negro Judy Holliday's urban working girl characters in 1950s Hollywood film / Judith Smith The "gentle Jewish mother" who owned a luxury resort : the public image of Jennie Grossinger, 1954-1972 / Rachel Kranson Reading Marjorie Morningstar in the age of the feminine mystique and after / Barbara Sicherman We were ready to turn the world upside down : radical feminism and Jewish women / Joyce Antler Jewish women remaking American feminism : women remaking American Judaism : reflections on the life of Betty Friedan / Daniel Horowitz

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kibria's groundbreaking study provides valuable insight into the process of transnational and diasporic identity formation among contemporary populations." -- Steven J. Gold * professor of sociology at Michigan State University *"Kibra's research is theoretically sophisticated and right on target. Her well-designed interviews give the reader a vivid sense of the experience of being a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant." -- Karen Leonard * author of Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad *"Muslims in Motion is a brilliant illustration of how global sociopolitical forces shape international migrants’ experiences and aspirations. In this timely piece, Kibria explains how Bangladeshi Muslim migrants and their families in starkly different destinations insert themselves into their host societies by organizing their community life and constructing their identity." * Journal of Asian American Studies *"Linking migration and religious studies, Muslims in Motion breaks new ground by taking seriously the ways in which international migrant flows shape Islamization in migrant communities around the world." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Muslim Migrants, Bangladeshis Abroad 2. Bangladesh: Nationalism, Islam, and International Migration 3. Bangladeshi American Dreams 4. Becoming Muslim American 5. British Bangladeshis: Changing Transnational Social Worlds 6. Muslim Encounters in the Global Economy 7. Muslim Migrants: National Origins and Revivalist Islam Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Steinberg explains in her informative Jewish Mad Men, an anti-Semitic climate existed in the advertising business even into the early 1960s. Jewish 'Mad Men' wrestled their way into mainstream firms, too, and became influential in imagining and promoting the American Dream and the Jewish American version. Although there was plenty of anti-Semitism in the so-called 'white shoe' ad world, this book is about the complexity of being Jewish and American in a field whose ultimate goal is to influence Americans’ daily behavior. Steinberg effectively shows that when Jews became a consumer market, the advertising business realized it had to cater to them, forcing the creative demographic to change as well. Today’s Madison Avenue is a mixed marriage, so that national ads do not focus on too many ethnic or religious distinctions. While that’s great, it has rendered the brilliant, ethnically rooted ads, like Levy’s, harder if not impossible to find." -- Steven Heller * Haaretz *"Even without the priming from popular culture, Steinberg's case for the importance of advertising as an indicator and shaper of the American Jewish experience is strong." * AJS Review *"This book should appeal to readers interested in learning about advertising and Jewish life in the US." * CHOICE *"Both provocative and entertaining, Jewish Mad Men is an insightful look into advertising and American Jewish life." -- Carol Leifer * writer on Seinfeld, author of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying *"You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate this richly detailed account of the marketing and advertising of Jewish life. Steinberg documents how religious, cultural, and communal concerns all take shape in conversation with the commercial marketplace." -- Ari Y. Kelman * author of Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio *"How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco," interview with Kerri P. Steinberg * NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 A Portrait of American Jewish Life2 The Spaces and Places of Jewish Advertising: Joseph Jacobs and Market Segmentation3 Manischewitz and Maxwell House: The M&M of Jewish Advertising4 You Say You Want a Revolution: The Mainstreaming of Jewish Identity in American Advertising5 Matchmaker, Matchmaker: JDating in the Digital AgeConclusion: More than a MirrorNotesBibliographyIndexColor plates between pages 00 and 00

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A highly readable, tightly argued, and compelling book." * Marginalia Review of Books *"Mulder's study is an important effort that shows how congregational polity can have long-term neighborhood implications. Highly recommended." * Choice *"A sobering wake-up call for American evangelicals to see how their faith played a hand in creating ghettos and oppressing others. Shades of White Flight is simply a must-read for those researching and working on the front lines of addressing racial inequality." * Sociology of Religion *"Shades of White Flight serves as an excellent entry into this new and promising field of research." * Review of Religious Research *"This micro-history brings attention to the need to consider the role of religious institutions in shaping attitudes about place, and therefore how they contribute to the shape of urban spaces in America." * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *"Scholars of urban sociology, urban history, and religious institutions will find this book appealing as it sheds light on how evangelical Protestant denominations responded to urban demographic change. The book highlights the complicated role such churches play in urban neighborhoods." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"Shades of White Flight is a fascinating book on race, religion, and urbanization that provides key insights on how a uniquely American brand of evangelicalism unintentionally contributed to 'white flight' in Chicago." -- Gerardo Martí * author of Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Congregation *"A profound work. Mark Mulder, an astute observer of urban life and rising star in the field, opens our eyes to the role of religion in today’s intense segregation patterns and neighborhood disinvestment. I could not put this book down." -- Michael O. Emerson * Allyn & Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology, Rice University *"[Mulder's] s categories of polity, precedence, and place will prove useful guideposts to those wishing to undertake this task. The book should also serve as a cautionary tale for white evangelicals as they continue to make decisions about the location and relocation of their congregations." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of MapsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Irony of Religion and Racial Segregation Part One The Evolution of an Evangelical Denomination 2 Mobility and Insularity3 Shuttered in Chicago4 A Case Study of the Closed Community: The Disrupted Integration of Timothy Christian School Part Two City and Neighborhood Change 5 Chicago: A Brief History of African American In-Migration and White Reaction6 The Black Belt Reaches Englewood and Roseland Part Three Congregations Respond to Neighborhood Change 7 The Insignificance of Place8 The Significance of Polity9 Second Roseland (CRC) Leaves the City10 A Contrast between Sister Denominations11 Conclusion: The Continuing Resonance of Religion in Race and Urban Patterns NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe most dramatic growth of Christianity in the late twentieth century has occurred in Africa, where Catholic missions have played major roles. In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall reveals how Catholic medical and nursing sisters established relationships between local and international groups, sparking an exchange of ideas that crossed national, religious, gender, and political boundaries.Trade Review“A particularly striking exploration of the interplay between religion, health, gender, and politics. Wall's work enriches and challenges existing perspectives on the development of health care in sub-Saharan Africa, and provides an essential historical link between the colonial period and the present day." -- Sonya Grypma, PhD, RN * dean and professor of nursing, Trinity Western University *"The critical work of Catholic women’s religious organizations in sub-Saharan Africa comes alive in this important new book. Anyone concerned with gender, health, and transnational cooperation will be fascinated by this nuanced and thoughtful analysis that rethinks the relationship among mission work, colonialism and the post-colonial global world." -- Susan M. Reverby * professor of women's and gender studies, Wellesley College *"Barbra Mann Wall’s new history of postwar Catholic medical missions in Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, and Tanzania is a much-needed entry into the story of women religious in the 20th century." * American Catholic Studies Newsletter *"By exploring Catholic sisters from both international and indigenous religious communities who delivered health services in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania after World War II until 1985, Barbra Mann Wall sheds light on important episodes and issues, illuminating women’s experiences otherwise unknown." * The Catholic Historical Review *"Wall writes with great clarity. Her insight into the relationship between health care and history is insightful and worth quoting ... The book is an excellent read for North Americans who can see medical practices in relation to other systems, for medical students and personnel interested in working in Africa, Asia, or parts of Latin America, for people interested in expanding their knowledge of the work of women, and for missionaries, whether engaging in short or longer period of service, as a way into the culture of the country to which they are sent." * American Catholic Studies *"Into Africa is a commendable read." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"Wall has done an admirable job of showing how Catholic sisters bravely navigated political, social and cultural complexities to promote healing beyond the narrow focus on curative care." * Social History of Medicine *"Into Africa does something quite important by opening three of Africa’s late colonies and fledgling postcolonies to analytic counterpoint. This trio featuring decolonization, health, and nuns in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania yields fascinating results as an unusual work in historical comparison." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables 1 Medical Missions in Context 2 Nursing, Medicine, and Mission in Ghana 3 Shifting Mission in Rural Tanzania 4 Catholic Medical Missions and Transnational Engagement in Nigeria 5 Transnational Collaboration in Primary Health Care 6 Appraising Women Religious and Their Mission Work Notes Index

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Book SynopsisJudaism makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of ‘Judaism’ is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual odyssey of world-renowned Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin, this book will change the study of Judaism—an essential key word in Jewish Studies—as we understand it today.Trade Review"A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories." -- Annette Yoshiko Reed * author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire *"A significant and radical contribution." -- Michael Satlow * author of How the Bible Became Holy *"This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with." -- Dina Stein * author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self *"What Boyarin does in Judaism is offer us a complex map, a detailed topography, of how the term Judaism came to be used to define Jewish 'doings,' and for some, to define Jews....One of the greatest things a scholar of Boyarin’s stature can do is make arguments that create the requisite space for future scholars to do their work. A book of this scope can never, and should never, close a conversation, but rather open one. Judaism is a term we all use reflexively but do not quite know what it actually means. Boyarin’s contribution to that reflexivity is a major contribution to scholarship." * H-Judaic *"Boyarin’s book provide[s] [the reader] to think through some of these theoretical questions, and to continue our ongoing conversation about the ancient individuals, groups, and ideas that continue to resonate down to the present." * Marginalia *" Boyarin’s provocative new book... succeeds at its primary goal: to destabilize the automatic use of 'Judaism' by scholars." * Marginalia *"A wonderfully clever argument that demands we reconsider much of what we write and teach about Judaism." * Marginalia *"Provocative and challenging." * Marginalia *"What we thus have from Boyarin’s philological genealogy is one reading of 'Judaism' that begins as a negative, is turned into a positive, and then becomes irrelevant, except for those who share it with something else....Boyarin’s genealogy teaches us that Judaism can never stand alone or be alone. If Judaism is all there is, then the term 'Judaism' ceases to exist, mostly because it is no longer necessary." * Marginalia *"Brief and powerful." * Marginalia *"Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Notion attests once again to Daniel Boyarin’s restlessly inquisitive mind and to his persistent need to challenge commonly held assumptions in a manner meant to be provocative and contrarian." * Marginalia *"How Christians Invented 'Judaism,' According to a Top Talmud Scholar," by Tomer Persico https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-christians-invented-judaism-according-to-a-top-talmud-scholar-1.7417536 * Haaretz *"Boyarin has created a very interesting argument." * Histoire sociale/Social History *Table of ContentsContentsPreface What Are We Talking About When We Talk About “Judaism”?Part 1 The Terms of the DebateChapter 1 Debate of the TermsPart 2 The State of the Lexicon: Questioning the ArchiveChapter 2 Jewry without Judaism: The Stakes of the QuestionChapter 3 Getting Medieval YahadutPart 3: A New Dispensation: The Christian Invention of “Judaism”Chapter 4 “Judaism” out of the Entrails of ChristianityChapter 5 From Yiddishkayt to Judentum; From Judentum to Yahadut;, or Philology and the Transformation of a FolkEpilogueBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an exciting, provocative, path-breaking book. It is complex, textured in historical detail, and full of literally hundreds of various scenarios and possibilities of 'what if.' Gurock has done a masterful job." -- Marc Dollinger * co-editor of American Jewish History: A Primary Source Reader *"Gurock’s book is a tour de force, on the cutting edge of an emerging genre. He has mastered American political history, European military and political history, and every aspect of American Jewry over a period of about three decades, and crafted an intelligent, entertaining, imaginative, and even suspenseful narrative. I cannot think of anyone who could have duplicated this superb book." -- Marc Lee Raphael * author of The Synagogue in America: A Short History *"With imagination and erudition, courage and wit—including a suddenly stalwart Neville Chamberlain defying Hitler at Munich and a Joseph P. Kennedy (Jr.) becoming Israel's most important friend—Jeffrey Gurock ponders how a fragile and skittish American Jewry might have evolved without Pearl Harbor and Auschwitz. His surprisingly dystopian vision, filled with familiar characters in unfamiliar and intriguing roles, is sure to challenge—and, quite possibly, to infuriate." -- David Margolick * author of Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink *"Hot on the trail of surprise turns and eerie parallels in this 'what if' romp through the most momentous years of 20th century history, the reader ultimately confronts the dilemmas of Jewish life today." -- Jack Wertheimer * Jewish Theological Seminary *"If [Philip] Roth and [Quentin] Tarantino could rewrite the past, why not allow the historian - in this case Yeshiva University scholar Jeffrey Gurock - to play with facts and offer, with many of the trappings of scholarship, an imagined history?" * Times Higher Education *"The Holocaust Averted shows how stimulating a counterfactual drawn from social history can be … Gurock's book takes a seemingly felicitous event as a divergence point, and draws dark conclusions." * Aeon *"Gurock's emphasis on the contrast between the postwar American Jewry of his alternative Jewry and what Jews actually experienced after 1945 perhaps offers a clue as to why he wrote this engrossing volume. The book implicitly challenges those naysayers who have emphasized the deficiencies of post-war American Jewry. When placed alongside his somber alternate history of American Jews, what is noteworthy from his perspective is their actual accomplishments. For Gurock the glass of postwar American Jewry and of American Judaism is half full, not half empty." * American Jewish History *"As magical, restorative, and nearly unconceivable it is for us, his audience, to read European Jewry back into existence, Gurock directs the readers attention elsewhere in this ambitious reimagining of twentieth-century history ... This book delivers frisson upon frisson as the world we know brushes up past its fraternal twin." * The American Jewish Archives Journal *"Gurock has made a compelling contribution to the study of counterfactual history, relevant to both scholars and general reader alike." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologue Ghosts in the Restored Jewish Quarter in Krakow, Poland: An Entrance into Alternate Jewish HistoryChapter 1 A World at War, 1938Chapter 2 American Jewry in the Late 1930s: A Respite for an Insecure CommunityChapter 3 Conflicting Challenges for an America at Peace, 1938–1944Chapter 4 Without the “Boss”: American Jewry’s Concerns, 1940–1944Chapter 5 The Eastern European Threat and an End to U.S. Isolationism, 1944–1945Chapter 6 Divided Allegiances: American Jews and Israel, 1944–1950Chapter 7 Suburban Jewish Cul de Sacs, 1950–1960Chapter 8 The 1960s and the Trials of Acceptance for American JewsChapter 9 Unending Dilemmas: Israelis, Arabs, the World Powers, and American JewsConclusion Alternate History and the Realities of American Jewish LifeNotes

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Book SynopsisImagines what might have happened to the Jewish community in the United States if the Holocaust had never occurred. Jeffrey Gurock forces readers to contemplate how the road to acceptance and empowerment for today's American Jews could have been harder than it actually was.Trade Review"This is an exciting, provocative, path-breaking book. It is complex, textured in historical detail, and full of literally hundreds of various scenarios and possibilities of 'what if.' Gurock has done a masterful job." -- Marc Dollinger * co-editor of American Jewish History: A Primary Source Reader *"Gurock’s book is a tour de force, on the cutting edge of an emerging genre. He has mastered American political history, European military and political history, and every aspect of American Jewry over a period of about three decades, and crafted an intelligent, entertaining, imaginative, and even suspenseful narrative. I cannot think of anyone who could have duplicated this superb book." -- Marc Lee Raphael * author of The Synagogue in America: A Short History *"With imagination and erudition, courage and wit—including a suddenly stalwart Neville Chamberlain defying Hitler at Munich and a Joseph P. Kennedy (Jr.) becoming Israel's most important friend—Jeffrey Gurock ponders how a fragile and skittish American Jewry might have evolved without Pearl Harbor and Auschwitz. His surprisingly dystopian vision, filled with familiar characters in unfamiliar and intriguing roles, is sure to challenge—and, quite possibly, to infuriate." -- David Margolick * author of Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink *"Hot on the trail of surprise turns and eerie parallels in this 'what if' romp through the most momentous years of 20th century history, the reader ultimately confronts the dilemmas of Jewish life today." -- Jack Wertheimer * Jewish Theological Seminary *"If [Philip] Roth and [Quentin] Tarantino could rewrite the past, why not allow the historian - in this case Yeshiva University scholar Jeffrey Gurock - to play with facts and offer, with many of the trappings of scholarship, an imagined history?" * Times Higher Education *"The Holocaust Averted shows how stimulating a counterfactual drawn from social history can be … Gurock's book takes a seemingly felicitous event as a divergence point, and draws dark conclusions." * Aeon *"Gurock's emphasis on the contrast between the postwar American Jewry of his alternative Jewry and what Jews actually experienced after 1945 perhaps offers a clue as to why he wrote this engrossing volume. The book implicitly challenges those naysayers who have emphasized the deficiencies of post-war American Jewry. When placed alongside his somber alternate history of American Jews, what is noteworthy from his perspective is their actual accomplishments. For Gurock the glass of postwar American Jewry and of American Judaism is half full, not half empty." * American Jewish History *"As magical, restorative, and nearly unconceivable it is for us, his audience, to read European Jewry back into existence, Gurock directs the readers attention elsewhere in this ambitious reimagining of twentieth-century history ... This book delivers frisson upon frisson as the world we know brushes up past its fraternal twin." * The American Jewish Archives Journal *"Gurock has made a compelling contribution to the study of counterfactual history, relevant to both scholars and general reader alike." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologue Ghosts in the Restored Jewish Quarter in Krakow, Poland: An Entrance into Alternate Jewish HistoryChapter 1 A World at War, 1938Chapter 2 American Jewry in the Late 1930s: A Respite for an Insecure CommunityChapter 3 Conflicting Challenges for an America at Peace, 1938–1944Chapter 4 Without the “Boss”: American Jewry’s Concerns, 1940–1944Chapter 5 The Eastern European Threat and an End to U.S. Isolationism, 1944–1945Chapter 6 Divided Allegiances: American Jews and Israel, 1944–1950Chapter 7 Suburban Jewish Cul de Sacs, 1950–1960Chapter 8 The 1960s and the Trials of Acceptance for American JewsChapter 9 Unending Dilemmas: Israelis, Arabs, the World Powers, and American JewsConclusion Alternate History and the Realities of American Jewish LifeNotes

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Book SynopsisIn 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora.Trade Review"A most intriguing read." * Haaretz *"Between 1971 and 2009, some two million Jews left the Soviet Union, settling mainly in Israel, the U.S. and later, Germany. The focus of this study is on these immigrants and how they succeeded (or failed) to adapt to their new homes ... The essays, most by Israeli scholars, approach the subject from different perspectives, to determine what the creation of this new Jewish diaspora has meant to the three countries where most have settled, and to the immigrants themselves." * Chicago Jewish Star *"An important contribution to the growing body of literature on contemporary Russian Jews around the world." -- David Shneer * University of Colorado *"The New Jewish Diaspora provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Jewish Studies, Russian Studies, and Diaspora and Transnationalism. The thematic breadth and the complex questions this volume poses make it particularly well-suited to serve as a textbook for courses on diasporic Russian-Jewish culture and society....The New Jewish Diaspora is a major contribution to the study of diasporic Russian-Jewish culture and society." * Journal of Jewish Identities *Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Homelands, Diasporas, and the Islands in Between Zvi GitelmanPart I Demography: Who Are the Migrants and Where Have They Gone?Chapter 1 Demography of the Contemporary Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora Mark ToltsChapter 2 The Russian-Speaking Israeli Diaspora in the FSU, Europe, and North America: Jewish Identification and Attachment to Israel Uzi RebhunChapter 3 Home in the Diaspora? Jewish Returnees and Transmigrants in Ukraine Marina SapritskyPart II Transnationalism and DiasporasChapter 4 Rethinking Boundaries in the Jewish Diaspora from the FSU Jonathan Dekel-ChenChapter 5 Diaspora from the Inside Out: Litvaks in Lithuania Today Hannah Pollin-GalayChapter 6 Russian-Speaking Jews and Israeli Emigrants in the United States: A Comparison of Migrant Populations Steven J. GoldPart III Political and Economic ChangeChapter 7 Political Newborns: Immigrants in Israel and Germany Olena Bagno-MoldavskiChapter 8 The Move from Russia/the Soviet Union to Israel: A Transformation of Jewish Culture and Identity Yaacov Ro’iChapter 9 The Economic Integration of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in Israel Gur OferPart IV Resocialization and the Malleability of EthnicityChapter 10 Russian-Speaking Jews in Germany Eliezer Ben-RafaelChapter 11 Performing Jewishness and Questioning the Civic Subject among Russian-Jewish Migrants in Germany Sveta RobermanChapter 12 Inventing a “New Jew”: The Transformation of Jewish Identity in Post-Soviet Russia Elena Nosenko-ShteinPart V Migration and Religious ChangeChapter 13 Post-Soviet Immigrant Religiosity: Beyond the Israeli National Religion Nelly Elias and Julia LernerChapter 14 Virtual Village in a Real World: The Russian Jewish Diaspora Online Anna ShternshisPart VI Diaspora Russian LiteratureChapter 15 Four Voices from the Last Soviet Generation: Evgeny Steiner, Alexander Goldstein, Oleg Yuryev, and Alexander Ilichevsky Mikhail KrutikovChapter 16 Poets and Poetry in Today’s Diaspora: On Being “Marginally Jewish” Stephanie SandlerChapter 17 Triple Identities: Russian-Speaking Jews as German, American, and Israeli Writers Adrian WannerAfterword: The Future of a Diaspora Zvi GitelmanNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora.Trade Review"A most intriguing read." * Haaretz *"Between 1971 and 2009, some two million Jews left the Soviet Union, settling mainly in Israel, the U.S. and later, Germany. The focus of this study is on these immigrants and how they succeeded (or failed) to adapt to their new homes ... The essays, most by Israeli scholars, approach the subject from different perspectives, to determine what the creation of this new Jewish diaspora has meant to the three countries where most have settled, and to the immigrants themselves." * Chicago Jewish Star *"An important contribution to the growing body of literature on contemporary Russian Jews around the world." -- David Shneer * University of Colorado *"The New Jewish Diaspora provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Jewish Studies, Russian Studies, and Diaspora and Transnationalism. The thematic breadth and the complex questions this volume poses make it particularly well-suited to serve as a textbook for courses on diasporic Russian-Jewish culture and society....The New Jewish Diaspora is a major contribution to the study of diasporic Russian-Jewish culture and society." * Journal of Jewish Identities *Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Homelands, Diasporas, and the Islands in Between Zvi GitelmanPart I Demography: Who Are the Migrants and Where Have They Gone?Chapter 1 Demography of the Contemporary Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora Mark ToltsChapter 2 The Russian-Speaking Israeli Diaspora in the FSU, Europe, and North America: Jewish Identification and Attachment to Israel Uzi RebhunChapter 3 Home in the Diaspora? Jewish Returnees and Transmigrants in Ukraine Marina SapritskyPart II Transnationalism and DiasporasChapter 4 Rethinking Boundaries in the Jewish Diaspora from the FSU Jonathan Dekel-ChenChapter 5 Diaspora from the Inside Out: Litvaks in Lithuania Today Hannah Pollin-GalayChapter 6 Russian-Speaking Jews and Israeli Emigrants in the United States: A Comparison of Migrant Populations Steven J. GoldPart III Political and Economic ChangeChapter 7 Political Newborns: Immigrants in Israel and Germany Olena Bagno-MoldavskiChapter 8 The Move from Russia/the Soviet Union to Israel: A Transformation of Jewish Culture and Identity Yaacov Ro’iChapter 9 The Economic Integration of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in Israel Gur OferPart IV Resocialization and the Malleability of EthnicityChapter 10 Russian-Speaking Jews in Germany Eliezer Ben-RafaelChapter 11 Performing Jewishness and Questioning the Civic Subject among Russian-Jewish Migrants in Germany Sveta RobermanChapter 12 Inventing a “New Jew”: The Transformation of Jewish Identity in Post-Soviet Russia Elena Nosenko-ShteinPart V Migration and Religious ChangeChapter 13 Post-Soviet Immigrant Religiosity: Beyond the Israeli National Religion Nelly Elias and Julia LernerChapter 14 Virtual Village in a Real World: The Russian Jewish Diaspora Online Anna ShternshisPart VI Diaspora Russian LiteratureChapter 15 Four Voices from the Last Soviet Generation: Evgeny Steiner, Alexander Goldstein, Oleg Yuryev, and Alexander Ilichevsky Mikhail KrutikovChapter 16 Poets and Poetry in Today’s Diaspora: On Being “Marginally Jewish” Stephanie SandlerChapter 17 Triple Identities: Russian-Speaking Jews as German, American, and Israeli Writers Adrian WannerAfterword: The Future of a Diaspora Zvi GitelmanNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisReligiously influenced social movements tend to be characterized as products of the conservative turn of the late twentieth century. Izzo argues that contrary to this view, the liberal wings of Christian churches have remained an instrumental presence in U.S. and transnational politics, and that women make up a large proportion of these activists. Trade Review"Amanda Izzo’s book is a revelation. Two intertwining stories--the Maryknoll sisters going from cold warriors to dissidents, and the YWCA as the target of anti-communist repression-- together demonstrate how faith in the power of love propelled Christian women’s political agendas on a world stage in the 20th century." -- Ann Braude * author of Sisters and Saints: Women and American Religion *"In this crisply-written and illuminating account, Amanda Izzo tells the story of two women's associations, the Protestant YWCA and the Catholic Maryknoll sisters. Following dramatically different routes along the way, the groups' politics converged in the 1960s and 70s, becoming powerful forces for social justice at home and abroad. Izzo treats both strands of this important alliance with nuance and insight, suggesting how far creeds of Christian love took the American people – and how far we have to go." -- Jane Hunter * author of Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-Century China *"Amanda Izzo's wonderful excavation of early twentieth century women's activism among liberal Catholics and Protestants casts new light everywhere. Izzo stresses liberalism's activist energy, Maryknoll and YWCA globalism, and, ultimately, the importance of women’s religious activism in the global human rights movement. Beautifully researched and even more beautifully written, Liberal Christianity and Women’s Global Activism illuminates the exceptional reach of women’s activism across religions and world borders.” -- Jon Butler * Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies Yale Univ. *"Pg. 99: Amanda Izzo's 'Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism'" by Marshal Zeringue * Campaign for the American Reader *"The Author’s Corner with Amanda Izzo" * The Way of Improvement Leads Home *"Weekly Book List, April 27, 2018" compiled by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *Izzo's work contributes to the ever-expanding history of feminisms, especially at the intersection of religious commitment and social justice activism. Izzo's effective use of sources and clear writing and organization makes this text a good choice for advanced undergraduate courses exploring women and religion, social activism and world Christianity, and gender, politics, and religion." * Journal of American History *"Such an interesting book! The parallels and differences between the YMCA movement and the Maryknoll Sisters make for fascinating feminist history. Both organizations have had far wider and deeper impacts than their mere numbers would suggest. Both have shaped and empowered their members and the broader society. These groups incarnate justice and equality for women and BIPOC. This study captures their essences and displays their achievements in relief against formidable patriarchal odds." * Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Women and Christian Fellowship in the Early Twentieth Century 15 1 “Life More Abundant”: The YWCA and the Social Gospel 19 2 “By Love, Serve One Another”: Foreign Mission and the Changing Meanings of Evangelization 44 3 “Hidden and Effective Service”: The Maryknoll Sisters Enter the Mission Field 66 Part II: From the Popular Front and American Century to the New Frontier 89 4 “Dare We Be as Radical as Our Religion Demands?”: Christian Activism and the Long Red Scare 93 5 A “Fifth Column for God”: The Maryknoll Sisters at Midcentury 124 Part III: “The Ferment of Freedom” 153 6 “We Choose to Identify with the Church of the Poor”: Preferential Option in Action 159 7 “The Nuns Were Not Just Nuns”: Foreign Mission and Foreign Policy 191 Epilogue 215 Acknowledgments 221 Notes 223 Selected Bibliography 257 Index 267

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Book SynopsisReligiously influenced social movements tend to be characterized as products of the conservative turn of the late twentieth century. Izzo argues that contrary to this view, the liberal wings of Christian churches have remained an instrumental presence in U.S. and transnational politics, and that women make up a large proportion of these activists. Trade Review"Amanda Izzo’s book is a revelation. Two intertwining stories--the Maryknoll sisters going from cold warriors to dissidents, and the YWCA as the target of anti-communist repression-- together demonstrate how faith in the power of love propelled Christian women’s political agendas on a world stage in the 20th century." -- Ann Braude * author of Sisters and Saints: Women and American Religion *"In this crisply-written and illuminating account, Amanda Izzo tells the story of two women's associations, the Protestant YWCA and the Catholic Maryknoll sisters. Following dramatically different routes along the way, the groups' politics converged in the 1960s and 70s, becoming powerful forces for social justice at home and abroad. Izzo treats both strands of this important alliance with nuance and insight, suggesting how far creeds of Christian love took the American people – and how far we have to go." -- Jane Hunter * author of Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-Century China *"Amanda Izzo's wonderful excavation of early twentieth century women's activism among liberal Catholics and Protestants casts new light everywhere. Izzo stresses liberalism's activist energy, Maryknoll and YWCA globalism, and, ultimately, the importance of women’s religious activism in the global human rights movement. Beautifully researched and even more beautifully written, Liberal Christianity and Women’s Global Activism illuminates the exceptional reach of women’s activism across religions and world borders.” -- Jon Butler * Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies Yale Univ. *"Pg. 99: Amanda Izzo's 'Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism'" by Marshal Zeringue * Campaign for the American Reader *"The Author’s Corner with Amanda Izzo" * The Way of Improvement Leads Home *"Weekly Book List, April 27, 2018" compiled by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *Izzo's work contributes to the ever-expanding history of feminisms, especially at the intersection of religious commitment and social justice activism. Izzo's effective use of sources and clear writing and organization makes this text a good choice for advanced undergraduate courses exploring women and religion, social activism and world Christianity, and gender, politics, and religion." * Journal of American History *"Such an interesting book! The parallels and differences between the YMCA movement and the Maryknoll Sisters make for fascinating feminist history. Both organizations have had far wider and deeper impacts than their mere numbers would suggest. Both have shaped and empowered their members and the broader society. These groups incarnate justice and equality for women and BIPOC. This study captures their essences and displays their achievements in relief against formidable patriarchal odds." * Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Women and Christian Fellowship in the Early Twentieth Century 15 1 “Life More Abundant”: The YWCA and the Social Gospel 19 2 “By Love, Serve One Another”: Foreign Mission and the Changing Meanings of Evangelization 44 3 “Hidden and Effective Service”: The Maryknoll Sisters Enter the Mission Field 66 Part II: From the Popular Front and American Century to the New Frontier 89 4 “Dare We Be as Radical as Our Religion Demands?”: Christian Activism and the Long Red Scare 93 5 A “Fifth Column for God”: The Maryknoll Sisters at Midcentury 124 Part III: “The Ferment of Freedom” 153 6 “We Choose to Identify with the Church of the Poor”: Preferential Option in Action 159 7 “The Nuns Were Not Just Nuns”: Foreign Mission and Foreign Policy 191 Epilogue 215 Acknowledgments 221 Notes 223 Selected Bibliography 257 Index 267

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Book SynopsisIn Textual Silence, literary scholar Jessica Lang asserts that language itself forms barriers between the author and the reader in Holocaust texts-and that these barriers, or silences, are not a lack of substance, but an essential characteristic of the genre.Trade Review"A valuable and timely resource that speaks to the necessity of ethical reading in regard to Holocaust representation." -- Victoria Aarons * O.R. & Eva Mitchell Endowed Chair in Literature, Trinity University *"Lang's exquisitely wrought study defines and explores the challenges of reading trauma literature, shedding light on the irony that reading does not equate to understanding." -- Alan L. Berger * Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Readability and Unreadability: A Fractured Dialogue 9 Part I Generational Differences in Holocaust Literature 2 Before, During, and After: Reading and the Eyewitness 35 3 Reading to Belong: Second-Generation and the Audience of Self 58 4 The Third Generation’s Holocaust: The Story of Time and Place 87 Part II Pushed to the Edges: The Holocaust in American Fiction 5 American Fiction and the Act of Genocide 119 6 Receding into the Distance: The Holocaust as Background 155 Afterword: Reading the Fragments of Memory 175 Acknowledgments 179 Notes 181 Bibliography 199 Index 209

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Book SynopsisIn Textual Silence, literary scholar Jessica Lang asserts that language itself forms barriers between the author and the reader in Holocaust textsand that these barriers, or silences, are not a lack of substance, but an essential characteristic of the genre.Trade Review"A valuable and timely resource that speaks to the necessity of ethical reading in regard to Holocaust representation." -- Victoria Aarons * O.R. & Eva Mitchell Endowed Chair in Literature, Trinity University *"Lang's exquisitely wrought study defines and explores the challenges of reading trauma literature, shedding light on the irony that reading does not equate to understanding." -- Alan L. Berger * Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Readability and Unreadability: A Fractured Dialogue 9 Part I Generational Differences in Holocaust Literature 2 Before, During, and After: Reading and the Eyewitness 35 3 Reading to Belong: Second-Generation and the Audience of Self 58 4 The Third Generation’s Holocaust: The Story of Time and Place 87 Part II Pushed to the Edges: The Holocaust in American Fiction 5 American Fiction and the Act of Genocide 119 6 Receding into the Distance: The Holocaust as Background 155 Afterword: Reading the Fragments of Memory 175 Acknowledgments 179 Notes 181 Bibliography 199 Index 209

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Book SynopsisPart travelogue, part social history, and part family saga, this book investigates the politics of heritage tourism and collective memory. Acclaimed historian Daniel J. Walkowitz visits key Jewish heritage sites from Berlin to Belgrade to Warsaw to New York to discover which stories of the Jewish experience get told and which get silenced. Trade Review"Daniel Walkowitz takes us on a set of journeys, which eloquently connect tourism, family, migration, and the constant remaking of Jewish history through lived life." -- Hasia R. Diner * Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, New York University *"A Jewish heritage tour guide like no other, Walkowitz journeys into places hidden by time and all-too-familiar narratives to open possibilities for thinking, writing and remembering a diverse, often paradoxical and always richly complex Jewish past." -- Alisse Waterston * author of My Father’s Wars: Migration, Memory, and the Violence of a Century *"Intimately personal and universal. Passionate in argument and crystal clear in analysis. This is the best history, memory and heritage studies offers. And the best book on Jewish heritage tourism I have ever read." -- Marcin Wodzinski * professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw in Poland *"Recommended." * Choice *"Why Don't American Jews Search for their Heritage in New York City?" by Daniel J. Walkowitz * Zócalo Public Square *"Does focus on Holocaust tourism dim the memory of vibrant prewar Jewish life?" by J.P. O'Malley * Times of Israel *"[The book] makes a significant contribution insofar as it challenges, to return to my opening remarks, the long-standing, lachrymose approach to the study of Jewish history––and not just of Jewish history but of history itself....Walkowitz has written a stimulating book that will be of interest to historians in memory, museum, and Jewish studies." * American Historical Review *"Daniel Walkowitz takes us on a set of journeys, which eloquently connect tourism, family, migration, and the constant remaking of Jewish history through lived life." -- Hasia R. Diner * Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, New York University *"A Jewish heritage tour guide like no other, Walkowitz journeys into places hidden by time and all-too-familiar narratives to open possibilities for thinking, writing and remembering a diverse, often paradoxical and always richly complex Jewish past." -- Alisse Waterston * author of My Father’s Wars: Migration, Memory, and the Violence of a Century *"Intimately personal and universal. Passionate in argument and crystal clear in analysis. This is the best history, memory and heritage studies offers. And the best book on Jewish heritage tourism I have ever read." -- Marcin Wodzinski * professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw in Poland *"Recommended." * Choice *"Why Don't American Jews Search for their Heritage in New York City?" by Daniel J. Walkowitz * Zócalo Public Square *"Does focus on Holocaust tourism dim the memory of vibrant prewar Jewish life?" by J.P. O'Malley * Times of Israel *"[The book] makes a significant contribution insofar as it challenges, to return to my opening remarks, the long-standing, lachrymose approach to the study of Jewish history––and not just of Jewish history but of history itself....Walkowitz has written a stimulating book that will be of interest to historians in memory, museum, and Jewish studies." * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Note on Text Introduction Prelude The Jewish Heritage Tourism Business Interlude Part I: Looking for Bubbe 2. Mszczonów and Łódź: Heritage Entrepreneurship 3. Mostyska, Lviv, and Kiev: Double Erasures 4. London: Walking Heritage Unpacked in the Jewish Diaspora 5. New York: Immigrant Heritage in the Jewish Diaspora Part II: Going Back 6. Berlin: A Holocaust Cityscape 7. Belgrade, Budapest, and Bucharest: Postwar Nationalism and Socialism 8. Kraków and Warsaw: Troubling Paradigms Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn analysis that focuses on the nineteenth-century Judeo-Arabic manuscript ""The Story of Our Master Joseph"" - a Jewish text taking its form from an Islamic prototype extending back to the earliest human stories of parental favoritism, sibling rivalry, sexual mores, and the struggles for a continued communal existence outside the homeland.

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Book SynopsisKadya Molodowsky (1894-1975) was among the most accomplished and prolific of modern Yiddish poets. Between 1927 and 1974, she published six major books of poetry, as well as fiction, plays, essays, and children's tales.Trade ReviewThe balance between situating the poems in their original framework and making them speak eloquently to today's reader is the major challenge of translating Yiddish poetry. Hellerstein has given us a comprehensive sample of one of the most important Yiddish women poets that is, as I can attest, an excellent introduction to Yiddish poetry for college students. Paper Bridges is a major contribution to the still relatively small library of Yiddish poetry in English translation and a reliable introduction to the poetics of Yiddish.""- Polin Review

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the experiences of religious women who participated in a midrasha at Bar-Ilan University, this book explores the spreading practice of intensive Judaic studies among women in the religious Zionist community.

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Book SynopsisPresents an examination of young survivors of the Holocaust and their role in the creation of the state of Israel. This book argues that Zionism was successful in filling a positive function for young displaced persons in the aftermath of the Holocaust. It is suitable for scholars of Jewish studies, European history, and Israel studies.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of Jewish magic in late antiquity and the early Islamic period—the phenomenon, the sources, and method for its research, and the history of scholarly investigation into its nature and origin.

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Book SynopsisAn intimate history of the Holocaust that casts new light on our understanding of victimhood and survival.

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Book SynopsisMigration has been a major factor in the life of the Jewish people throughout the two and a half millennia of their dispersion. This book covers the period of the Chmielnicki Massacre and the Thirty Years War, and the movement of impoverished Jewish refugees into Western Europe.

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Book SynopsisThrough the ages, theology in Judaism has played roles of varying importance. But the role of theology is minor compared with that of law and observance. This book is devoted to a study of the evolution of normative Judaism from the time of Ezra (ca. 400 B.C.) to Judah I, the Prince (ca. 200 A.D.). Its focus on law represents a realistic approach to the history of applied Judaism.

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Book SynopsisBetween 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time, known as the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first Jewish women anywhere to publish novels, histories, periodicals, theological tracts, and conduct manuals. This book analyses this critical but forgotten period in the development of Jewish women's writing.

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Book SynopsisArgues that humour performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. David Slucki, Gabriel Finder and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in representing the Holocaust. Namely, what are the boundaries?

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to do Jewish, revealing that American Jews have, and continue to, turn to humor as a cultural touchstone. Caplan frames the book around four generations of Jewish Americans from the Silent Generation to Millennials, highlighting a shift from the utilization of Jewish-specific markers to American-specific markers. Jewish humor operates as a system of meaning-making for many Jewish Americans. By mapping humor onto both the generational identity of those making it and the use of Judaism within it, new insights about the development of American Judaism emerge. Caplan''s explication is innovative and insightful, engaging with scholarly discourse across Jewish studies and Jewish American history; it includes the work of Joseph Heller, Larry David, Woody Allen, Seinfeld, the Coen brothers f

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive approach to Jewish humor focused on the relationship between humor and American Jewish practice, Jennifer Caplan calls us to adopt a more expansive view of what it means to do Jewish, revealing that American Jews have, and continue to, turn to humor as a cultural touchstone. Caplan frames the book around four generations of Jewish Americans from the Silent Generation to Millennials, highlighting a shift from the utilization of Jewish-specific markers to American-specific markers. Jewish humor operates as a system of meaning-making for many Jewish Americans. By mapping humor onto both the generational identity of those making it and the use of Judaism within it, new insights about the development of American Judaism emerge. Caplan''s explication is innovative and insightful, engaging with scholarly discourse across Jewish studies and Jewish American history; it includes the work of Joseph Heller, Larry David, Woody Allen, Seinfeld, the Coen brothers f

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Book SynopsisThrough thoughtful analysis of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Israeli literature, Israeli Salvage Poetics interrogates the concept of the ‘negation of the diaspora’ as addressed in Hebrew-language literature authored by well-known and lesser-known Israeli authors from the eve of the Holocaust to the present day.

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Book SynopsisSepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend from Adam to the destruction of the Second Temple, this is the first known text since the canonical histories written by Flavius Josephus in Greek and later translated by Christian scholars into Latin. Sepher Yosippon has been cited and referred to by scholars, poets, and authors as the authentic source for ancient Israel for over a millennium, until overshadowed by the twentieth-century Hebrew translations of Josephus. It is based on Pseudo Hegesippus''s fourth-century anti-Jewish summary of Josephus''s Jewish War. However, the anonymous author [a.k.a. Joseph ben Gurion Hacohen] also consulted with the Latin versions of Josephus''s works available to him. At the same time, he included a wealth of Second Temple literature as well as Roman and Christian sources. This book contains Steven

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Book SynopsisExplores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking for what it can tell us about Israel’s cultural landscape, as well as about the cinematic medium in general. Judaic-themed Israeli cinema emerges as a crucial example of how film’s particular form of ‘magic’ may be exploited for the purpose of affecting mystical states in the audience.Trade ReviewHidden Light analyzes the ‘Judaic turn’ in Israeli cinema during the 2000s in riveting and rigorous detail. But that is only one of this book’s many impressive achievements. Chyutin grapples with nothing less than film theory’s links to religious and mystical concepts, building new bridges between film studies, Jewish studies, and religious studies." - Adam Lowenstein, University of Pittsburgh, author of Horror Film and Otherness"Hidden Light is an act of reclamation. Moving beyond a seeming dichotomy between a text-driven legal tradition and the visual poetics of cinema, Chyutin brilliantly illustrates how the recent wave of religiously inflected Israeli cinema is deeply rooted in Jewish traditions of longing, prayer, and transcendence." - Shayna Weiss, associate director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University"Hidden Light is essential for anyone interested in contemporary Israeli cinema. Bringing deep theoretical and historical knowledge to bear on the ‘Judaic turn,’ Chyutin presents new ways of thinking about religion on-screen and ideas of spiritual transcendence endemic to the concept of ‘the cinematic’ since the art form’s birth." - Kyle Stevens, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory"Dan Chyutin’s timely study brings the ‘Judaic turn’ to bear upon a rich and engaging analysis of Israeli cinema. It does so by paying attention to cinematic appeals to the Judaic New Age, or what some scholars have recently termed the ‘Jew Age.’ Hidden Light: Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema is an important contribution that, through its Jew Age analyses, brings into question simplistic binary thinking regarding the Israeli secular-religious divide in favor of a more complex reading of Judaism’s relationship to Israeli notions of identity." - Brian Ogren, Anna Smith Fine Professor of Judaic Studies and Religion Department Chair, Rice University"Hidden Light makes a singular contribution to the study of Israeli cinema, exploring and delineating one of the most important developments in Israeli cinema over the past three decades: the emergence of religious-themed Israeli films. Chyutin’s analysis of films is meticulous and enlightening, as he expands and challenges our perceptions of the Israeli cinematic canon." - Eran Kaplan, author of Projecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen"Film scholars will find merit." - Publisher's Weekly

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Book SynopsisConsiders the uses and misuses of the memory of assistance given to Jews during the Holocaust, deliberated in local, national, and transnational contexts. Each of the ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection is dedicated to a different country. The case studies provide new insights into Holocaust memory and memory politics.

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