Imagining the american jewish community
Auteur :
Wertheimer, Jack
ISBN :
9781584656708
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
549 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the multiple conceptions of community in the American Jewish imagination. This book features essays which attempt to uncover the underlying assumptions of those who continually re-defined the Jewish community from colonial times. It discusses topics such as the notion of ""synagogue-community"" in pre-revolutionary America.