The Jewish Cultural Studies series offers a contemporary view of Jewish culture around the globe. Multidisciplinary, multi-focused, and eclectic, it covers the cultural practices of secular Jews as well as of religious Jews of all persuasions, and from historical as well as contemporary
perspectives. It also considers the range of institutions that represent and respond to Jewishness, including museums, the media, synagogues, and schools. More than a series on Jewish ideas, it uncovers ideas of being Jewish. This volume proposes that the idea of 'Jewish', or what people think of as
'Jewishness', is revealed in expressions of culture and applied in constructions of identity and representation. In Part I, 'Expression', Elly Teman considers how the kabbalistic red string found at sites throughout Israel conveys a political and psychological response to terrorism. Sergey Kravtsov
examines Jewish and non-Jewish narratives concerning a synagogue in eastern Europe. Miriam Isaacs looks at expressions of cultural continuity in DP camps in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and Jascha Nemtsov discusses how Jewish folk music was presented as high art in early twentieth-century
Germany.
In Part II, 'Identity', Joachim Schlor enquires how the objects taken by emigrants leaving Germany for Palestine after Hitler's rise to power represented their identities. Hanna Kliger, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, and Emilie Passow examine how survivors' narratives become integrated into family
identities. Olga Gershenson offers close readings of how the identities of Jews as enacted in post-perestroika films highlight conflicting Russian attitudes towards Jews. Ted Merwin considers commercial establishments as 'sacred spaces' for Jewish secular identities. Part III, 'Representation',
opens with stories collected in Israel by Ilana Rosen from Jews who lived in Carpatho-Russia, while Judith Lewin considers the characterization of the Jewish woman in French literature. Holly Pearse and Mikel Koven, respectively, decode the Jewishness of modern radio comedy and Hollywood film. The
idea of Jewishness is applied in the volume with provocative interpretations of Jewish experience, and fresh approaches to the understanding of Jewish cultural expressions.

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Jewish Cultural Studies: Past, Present, And Future

Simon J Bronner; American Council of Learned Societies

edited by Simon J. Bronner

Littman Library of Jewish; Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Jewish cultural studies -- v. 1, The Littman library of Jewish civilization, Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series), Oxford, Portland, Or, England, 2008

Liverpool University Press / Books, Oxford, 2008

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Jewish Cultural Studies series offers a contemporary view of Jewish culture around the globe. Multidisciplinary, multi-focused, and eclectic, it covers the cultural practices of secular Jews as well as of religious Jews of all persuasions, and from historical as well as contemporary perspectives. It also considers the range of institutions that represent and respond to Jewishness, including museums, the media, synagogues, and schools. More than a series on Jewish ideas, it uncovers ideas of being Jewish. This volume proposes that the idea of'Jewish', or what people think of as'Jewishness', is revealed in expressions of culture and applied in constructions of identity and representation. In Part I,'Expression', Elly Teman considers how the kabbalistic red string found at sites throughout Israel conveys a political and psychological response to terrorism. Sergey Kravtsov examines Jewish and non-Jewish narratives concerning a synagogue in eastern Europe. Miriam Isaacs looks at expressions of cultural continuity in DP camps in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and Jascha Nemtsov discusses how Jewish folk music was presented as high art in early twentieth-century Germany. In Part II,'Identity', Joachim Schlor enquires how the objects taken by emigrants leaving Germany for Palestine after Hitler's rise to power represented their identities. Hanna Kliger, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, and Emilie Passow examine how survivors'narratives become integrated into family identities. Olga Gershenson offers close readings of how the identities of Jews as enacted in post-perestroika films highlight conflicting Russian attitudes towards Jews. Ted Merwin considers commercial establishments as'sacred spaces'for Jewish secular identities. Part III,'Representation', opens with stories collected in Israel by Ilana Rosen from Jews who lived in Carpatho-Russia, while Judith Lewin considers the characterization of the Jewish woman in French literature. Holly Pearse and Mikel Koven, respectively, decode the Jewishness of modern radio comedy and Hollywood film. The idea of Jewishness is applied in the volume with provocative interpretations of Jewish experience, and fresh approaches to the understanding of Jewish cultural expressions. CONTRIBUTORS Simon J. Bronner, Olga Gershenson, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, Miriam Isaacs, Hannah Kliger, Mikel J. Koven, Sergey R. Kravtsov, Judith Lewin, Ted Merwin, Jascha Nemtsov, Emilie S. Passow, Holly A. Pearse, Ilana Rosen, Joachim Schlor, Elly Teman

The Jewish Cultural Studies series offers a contemporary view of Jewish culture around the globe. Multidisciplinary, multi-focused, and eclectic, it covers the cultural practices of secular Jews as well as of religious Jews of all persuasions,Ã2and from historical as well as contemporary perspectives. It also considers the range of institutions that represent and respond to Jewishness, including museums, the media, synagogues, and schools. More than a series on Jewish ideas, it uncovers ideas of being Jewish. This volume proposes that the idea of â??Jewishâ??, or what people think of as â??Jewishnessâ??, is revealed in expressions of culture and applied in constructions of identity and representation. In Part I, â??Expressionâ??, Elly Teman considers how the kabbalistic red string found at sites throughout Israel conveys a political and psychological response to terrorism. Sergey Kravtsov examines Jewish and non-Jewish narratives concerning a synagogue in eastern Europe. Miriam Isaacs looks at expressions of cultural continuity in DP camps in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and Jascha Nemtsov discusses how Jewish folk music was presented as high art in early twentieth-century Germany. In Part II, â??Identityâ??, Joachim Schlör enquires how the objects taken by emigrants leaving Germany for Palestine after Hitlerâ??s rise to power represented their identities. Hanna Kliger, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, and Emilie Passow examine howÃ2survivorsâ?? narratives become integrated into family identities. Olga Gershenson offers close readings of how the identities of Jews as enacted in post-perestroika films highlight conflicting Russian attitudes towards Jews. Ted Merwin considersÃ2commercial establishments as â??sacred spacesâ?? for Jewish secular identities. Part III, â??Representationâ??, opens with stories collected in Israel by Ilana Rosen from Jews who lived in Carpatho-Russia, while Judith Lewin considers the characterization of the Jewish woman in French literature. Holly Pearse and Mikel Koven, respectively, decode the Jewishness of modern radio comedy and Hollywood film. The idea of Jewishness is applied in the volume with provocative interpretations of Jewish experience, and fresh approaches to the understanding of Jewish cultural expressions.

Cover
Contents
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: The Chutzpah of Jewish Cultural Studies
PART I: EXPRESSION
1 The Red String: The Cultural History of a Jewish Folk Symbol
2 A Synagogue in Olyka: Architecture and Legends
3 Yiddish in the Aftermath: Speech Community and Cultural Continuity in Displaced Persons Camps
4 ‘National Dignity’ and ‘Spiritual Reintegration’: The Discovery and Presentation of Jewish Folk Music in Germany
PART II: IDENTITY
5 ‘Take Down Mezuzahs, Remove Name-Plates’: The Emigration of Objects from Germany to Palestine
6 Holocaust Narratives and their Impact: Personal Identification and Communal Roles
7 Ambivalence and Identity in Russian Jewish Cinema
8 The Delicatessen as an Icon of Secular Jewishness
PART III: REPRESENTATION
9 Hasidism versus Zionism as Remembered by Carpatho-Russian Jews between the Two World Wars
10 The Sublimity of the Jewish Type: Balzac’s Belle Juive as Virgin Magdalene aux Camélias
11 As Goyish as Lime Jell-O? Jack Benny and the American Construction of Jewishness
12 Jewish Coding: Cultural Studies and Jewish American Cinema
Contributors
Index
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The red string: the cultural history of a Jewish folk symbol / Elly Teman
A synagogue in Olyka: architecture and legends / Sergey R. Kravtsov
Yiddish in the aftermath: speech community and cultural continuity in displaced persons camps / Miriam Isaacs
'National dignity' and 'spiritual reintegration': the discovery and presentation of Jewish folk music in Germany / Jascha Nemtsov
'Take down mezuzahs, remove name-plates': the emigration of objects from Germany to Palestine / Joachim Schlör
Holocaust narratives and their impact: personal identification and communal roles / Hannah Kliger, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, and Emilie S. Passow
Ambivalence and identity in Russian Jewish cinema / Olga Gershenson
The delicatessen as an icon of secular Jewishness / Ted Merwin
Hasidism versus Zionism as remembered by Carpatho-Russian Jews between the two World Wars / Ilana Rosen
The sublimity of the Jewish type: Balzac's Belle juive as virgin Magdalene aux camélias / Judith Lewin
As goyish as lime Jell-O?: Jack Benny and the American construction of Jewishness / Holly A. Pearse
Jewish coding: cultural studies and Jewish American cinema / Mikel J. Koven.

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