Imagining Jewish Authenticity : Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought [1 ed.] 9780253015792, 9780253015709

Exploring how visual media presents claims to Jewish authenticity, Imagining Jewish Authenticity argues that Jews imagin

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Imagining Jewish Authenticity : Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought [1 ed.]
9780253015792, 9780253015709

There is something deeply problematic about the ways that Jews, particularly in America, talk about “Jewish identity” as

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This volume presents the concepts of sin and failure in Jewish thought, weaving together biblical and rabbinic studies t

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How do modern Jews understand virtues such as courage, humility, justice, solidarity, or love? In truth: they have fierc

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Jewish art has always been with us, but so has a broader canvas of Jewish imaginings: in thought, in emotion, in text, a

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The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival Meir Kah

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