Caryn S. Aviv, David Shneer

New Jews

The End of the Jewish Diaspora

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a portrait of Jewish life. The authors argue that there is a new generation of Jews. In this book, the authors take us around the world and find Jewish communities where Jewish identity is increasingly flexible and inclusive, not something to be hidden but a part of one's identity to be proud of. They focus on new elements of Jewish life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New York University Press
• Seitenzahl: 215
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780814740187
• ISBN-10: 0814740189
• Artikelnr.: 21460348

Autorenporträt

Caryn Aviv is a Marsico lecturer and an affiliated faculty with the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: From Diaspora Jews to New Jews
1 Let My People Stay: Moscow's Jews after the Exodus
2 Encounters with Ghosts: Youth Tourism and the Diaspora Business
3 Temples of American Identity: Jewish Museums in Los Angeles
4 Castro, Chelsea, and Tel Aviv: Queer Jews at Home
5 Our Kind of Town: New York is a Center of the Jewish Universe
Epilogue: The End of the Jews
Notes
Index
About the Authors