Sociocultural Changes in American Jewish Life as Reflected in Selected Jewish Literature

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1972 - 282 من الصفحات
In non-technical language and in an objective spirit, the author provides insight into the changing patterns of living and thinking of three generations of American Jews.
 

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CHANGING PATTERNS IN RELIGIOUS RITUALS
148
Changing Jewish Education
154
DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
158
EMERGENCE OF NEW TYPES OF SCHOOLS
163
CHANGED EMPHASIS IN JEWISH EDUCATION
168
JEWISH CAMPS
170
Social Movements in Modern Jewish Life
173
ZIONISM
174

Factors of Change in the Life of American Jews
46
MAIN WAVES OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION
47
EFFECTS OF MIGRATION URBANIZATION AND SECULARIZATION
52
Generations and Stages in the Life and Literature of American Jews
54
EXPERIENCES AND ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT GENERATION
56
STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
58
DISILLUSIONMENT FRUSTRATION AND REEMIGRATION
66
THE YIDDISH PRESS A FACTOR IN THE IMMIGRANTS ADJUSTMENT
69
THE YIDDISH PRESS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN YIDDISH LITERATURE
72
Culture Patterns Through Three Generations
75
THE CHANGING SECOND GENERATION
82
The Second Generation Alienation and Marginality
90
MARGINALITY AND CHANGING SENSE OF MORAL VALUES
92
GENERATION CONFLICT AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN
96
REJECTION OF GROUP IDENTITY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE MARGINAL JEW
98
NOVELS OF SOCIAL PROTEST AND SELFCONTEMPT
101
The Jewish Family in a Changing Society
104
THE JEWISH FAMILY IN SOCIOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
106
CHANGING SOCIOCULTURAL PATTERNS
113
INTERMARRIAGE IN NOVELS
128
INTERMARRIAGE AND JEWISH SURVIVAL
134
Changes in Religious Life
136
NEW MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN JUDAISM
138
REGIONALISM IN AMERICAN YIDDISH LITERATURE
182
CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARD JEWISH IDENTIFICATION
186
Social Welfare and Community Organization
189
COMMUNAL SERVICE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
190
CHANGING SCOPE AND CHARACTER OF JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE
193
CHALLENGING YOUTH AND CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP
196
ALTERED COMMUNITY ATTITUDE TOWARD YOUTH
197
CHANGING ROLE OF THE RABBI
199
THE RABBI IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION
201
Trends in the Third and Fourth Generations
205
GROUP IDENTIFICATION IN THE THIRD GENERATION
207
CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARD GROUP IDENTIFICATION
209
CHANGING VIEWS IN THE DECADE 19451955
215
NOVELS AND WRITERS IN THE 50s AND 60s
219
POSITIVE PROSE IN YIDDISH
232
Integration and Survival
234
RESOLVING THE DILEMMA
242
WHAT OF THE FUTURE? NEW VOICES AND AWAKENED YOUTH
247
CONCLUSIONS
250
Bibliography
255
Index
273
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Bernard Cohen won the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing with his title The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies. The award consisted of a $10,000 monetary prize. Cohen has announced he plans to donate $5000 of the prize money to Save the Children for their work with children in detention on Nauru and $5000 to hospitals for children¿s play equipment. The Russell Prize for Humour Writing is administered by the State Library of NSW and was launched to celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing.

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