{"product_id":"how-to-become-jewish-americans-the-a-bintel-brief-advice-column-in-abraham-cahan-s-yiddish-forverts-9783631657591","title":"How to Become Jewish Americans?: The «A Bintel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated by Abraham Cahan in 1906, the advice column \u003ci\u003eA Bintel Brief \u003c\/i\u003eran as the most enduring feature of the New York Yiddish newspaper \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003efor over seven decades. This study takes a closer look at the letters and responses to \u003ci\u003eA Bintel Brief \u003c\/i\u003ethereby revealing the hardships of uprooted Eastern European Jews. In an uncharted environment they turned to the column for guidance. In his answers, the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bintel Brief \u003c\/i\u003ewas always sympathetic, yet pragmatic, encouraging assimilation and ethnic group solidarity, thus paving the way for the readers to become accepted Jewish Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Characteristics and content of the advice column \u003ci\u003eA Bintel Brief\u003c\/i\u003e in the Yiddish newspaper \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003ein New York – Critical analysis of the language used in \u003ci\u003eA Bintel Brief\u003c\/i\u003e – Americanization of Yiddish\/American mainstream culture and Eastern European traditions in the American Jewish community – Changing roles and values in Jewish family life – Personal relationships in the Eastern European Jewish community in the USA – Labor market, unionism and socialism in the Eastern European Jewish community in the United States – Religious performance of Eastern European Jews in the United States.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044294787415,"sku":"9783631657591","price":69.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-become-jewish-americans-the-a-bintel-brief-advice-column-in-abraham-cahan-s-yiddish-forverts-9783631657591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}