Jewish Life and American Culture

by Sylvia Barack Fishman

Book Overview

Jews in the United States are uniquely American in their connections to Jewish religion and ethnicity. Sylvia Barack Fishman in her groundbreaking book, Jewish Life and American Culture, shows that contemporary Jews have created a hybrid new form of Judaism, merging American values and behaviors with those from historical Jewish traditions.

Fishman introduces a new concept called coalescence, an adaptation technique through which Jews merge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791445453
• ISBN13: 9780791445457
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.