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Persistence and Flexibility : Anthropological Perspectives On the American Jewish Experience SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies
author
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Zenner, Walter P.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0887067484
print isbn13
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9780887067488
ebook isbn13
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9780585092157
language
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English
subject
Jews--United States--Identity, Jews--United States--Social life and customs, Immigrants--United States, United States--Ethnic relations.
publication date
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1988
lcc
:
E184.J5P366 1988eb
ddc
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305.8/924/073
subject
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Jews--United States--Identity, Jews--United States--Social life and customs, Immigrants--United States, United States--Ethnic relations.
Persistence and Flexibility
SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies Walter P. Zenner, Editor
Persistence and Flexibility
Anthropological Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience
Edited by Walter P. Zenner
State University of New York Press
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Persistence and flexibility: anthropological perspectives on the American Jewish experience / Walter P. Zenner, editor. p. cm.(SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies) Includes index. 1. JewsUnited StatesIdentity. 2. JewsUnited StatesSocial life and customs. 3. ImmigrantsUnited States. 4. United StatesEthnic relations. I. Zenner, Walter P. II. Series. E184.J5P366 1988 305.8'924'073dc1987-24465 ISBN 0-88706-748-4. ISBN 0-88706-750-6 (pbk.)CIP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my parents Justin Zenner and Hertha Speyer Zenner of blessed memory
Page vii
CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1 The Cultural Anthropology of American Jewry
Walter P. Zenner and Janet S. Belcove-Shalin
3
Part I Identities And Identification
39
2 Stigma, Identity and Sephardic-Ashkenazic Relations in Indianapolis
Jack Glazier
41
3 American Yemenite Jewish Interethnic Strategies
Dina Dahbany-Miraglia
63
4 Jewish in the USSR, Russian in the USA
Fran Markowitz
79
5 Learning to Be a Part-Time Jew
David Schoem
96
6 Integration into the Group and Sacred Uniqueness: Analysis of an Adult Bat Mitzvah
Stuart Schoenfeld
117
Part II Arenas Of Jewish Life
137
7 A Home Away from Home: Participation in Jewish Immigrant Associations in America
Hannah Kliger
139
8 Family, Kinship, and Ethnicity: Strategies for Social Mobility
Myrna Silverman
165
Page viii
9 The Hasidim of North America: A Review of the Literature
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