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The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sandra FoxSeries:Stanford Studies in Jewish History and CulturePublish date:2023-02-21Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503633889ISBN-10:1503633888UPC:9781503633889Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Children's Studies, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCAE2W4AGA

The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America

In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to preserve and produce what they considered authentic Jewish culture, fearful that growing affluence and suburbanization threatened the future of Jewish life. Many communal educators and rabbis contended that without educational interventions, Judaism as they understood it would disappear altogether....

Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503633889ISBN-10:1503633888UPC:9781503633889Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Jewish, Children's Studies, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCAE2W4AGA
Sandra Fox is visiting assistant professor of Hebrew Judaic Studies and Director of the Archive of the Jewish Left Project at New York University, and founder and executive producer of the Yiddish-language podcast Vaybertaytsh: A Feminist Podcast in Yiddish.
Publisher: Stanford University Press

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