American jewry and the re-invention of the East European Jewish past

The postwar decades were not the “golden era” in which American Jews easily partook in the religious revival, liberal consensus, and suburban middle-class comfort. Rather it was a period marked by restlessness and insecurity born of the shock about the Holocaust and of the unprecedented opportunitie...

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Veröffentlicht in:New perspectives on modern Jewish history
1. VerfasserIn: Krah, Markus 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Berlin Boston De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2018]
In: New perspectives on modern Jewish history (volume 9)
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:New perspectives on modern Jewish history volume 9
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B USA / Ostjuden / Judentum / Identität / Judenvernichtung / Vergangenheitsbewältigung / Kollektives Gedächtnis / Geistesgeschichte 1945-1960
B USA / Juden / Judentum / Identität / Judenvernichtung / Kollektives Gedächtnis / Vergangenheitsbewältigung / Ostjuden
weitere Schlagwörter:B Jews History
B History / Jewish
B Hochschulschrift
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Erscheint auch als: 978-3-11-049714-4
Erscheint auch als: 978-3-11-049944-5
Erscheint auch als: 978-3-11-049992-6
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Zusammenfassung:The postwar decades were not the “golden era” in which American Jews easily partook in the religious revival, liberal consensus, and suburban middle-class comfort. Rather it was a period marked by restlessness and insecurity born of the shock about the Holocaust and of the unprecedented opportunities in American society. American Jews responded to loss and opportunity by obsessively engaging with the East European past. The proliferation of religious texts on traditional spirituality, translations of Yiddish literature, historical essays , photographs and documents of shtetl culture, theatrical and musical events, culminating in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, illustrate the grip of this past on post-1945 American Jews. This study shows how American Jews reimagined their East European past to make it usable for their American present. By rewriting their East European history, they created a repertoire of images, stories, and ideas that have shaped American Jewry to this day.
ISBN:3110499436
Zugangseinschränkungen:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110499438