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The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack WertheimerPublish date:2020-03-31Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691202518ISBN-10:691202516UPC:9780691202518Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Judaism, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCMK8YSHA9

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies--an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today

American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, and many who remain active struggle to reconcile their hallowed traditions with new perspectives--from feminism and the LGBTQ movement to "do-it-yourself religion" and personally defined spirituality. Taking a fresh look at American Judaism today, Jack Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion in this radically altered landscape. Which observances still resonate, and which ones have been given new meaning? What options are available for seekers or those dissatisfied with conventional forms of Judaism? And how are synagogues responding? Offering new and often-surprising answers to these questions, Wertheimer reveals an American Jewish landscape that combines rash disruption and creative reinvention, religious illiteracy and dynamic experimentation.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691202518ISBN-10:691202516UPC:9780691202518Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Judaism, Jewish StudiesBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCMK8YSHA9
Jack Wertheimer is professor of American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His many books include The New Jewish Leaders: Reshaping the American Jewish Landscape.
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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