American Jewish Thought Since 1934 – Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief

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Michael Marmur David Ellenson

American Jewish Thought Since 1934 – Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief

Michael Marmur, David Ellenson, David Ellenson , Michael Marmur

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Brandeis University Press
22 May 2020

Social & cultural history; Judaism; Judaism: theology

Series: Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought

What is the role of Judaism and Jewish existence in America? And what role does America play in matters Jewish? This anthology considers these questions and offers a look at how the diverse body of Jewish thought developed within the historical and intellectual context of America.

In this volume, editors Michael Marmur and David Ellenson bring together the distinctive voices of those who have shaped the bold and shifting soundscape of American Jewish thought over the last few generations. The contributors tackle an array of topics including theological questions; loyalty and belonging; the significance of halakhic, spiritual, and ritual practice; secularization and its discontents; and the creative recasting of Jewish peoplehood. The editors are careful to point out how a plurality of approaches emerged in response to the fundamental ruptures and challenges of continuity posed by the Holocaust, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the civil rights movement in the twentieth century.

This volume also includes a wide swath of the most distinctive currents and movements over the last eighty years: post-Holocaust theology, secular forms of Jewish spirituality, ultra-orthodoxy, American neo-orthodoxy, neo-Hasidism, feminism and queer theory, diasporist critiques of Zionism, and Zionist militancy. This collection will serve as both a testament to the creativity of American Jewish thought so far, and as an inspiration for the new thinkers of its still unwritten future.

By: Michael Marmur, David Ellenson, David Ellenson, Michael Marmur
Imprint: Brandeis University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781684580149
ISBN 10: 1684580145
Series: Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 22 May 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Marmur is associate professor of Jewish thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He is the author of Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder. David Ellenson is chancellor emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and professor emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. He is the author of After Emancipation.

Reviews for American Jewish Thought Since 1934 – Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief

This book would serve as an outstanding read for adult education classes or as an introductory text to American Jewish thought. --Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, Central Synagogue Jewish Herald-Voice This collection will serve as both a testament to the creativity of American Jewish thought so far, and as an inspiration for the new thinkers of its still unwritten future. --Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, Central Synagogue Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Marvelous for teaching, for learning. A wealth of modern Jewish thought to enrich the reader and evoke new reflections and directions. --Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple Preeminent scholars Ellenson and Marmur have both defined and expanded the canon with diverse voices exploring the biggest ideas in American Jewish thought. An essential addition to every Jewish library. --Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, Central Synagogue An exciting kaleidoscopic book about the Jewish experience in America--beginning with the optimism, rationalism, and naturalism of Reconstructionism, and ending today with the conflicted debates about Israel, the Holocaust, gender, and the possibility of creating a vital American Jewish identity for tomorrow. --Warren Zev Harvey, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem