| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The life of religion ; 2 |
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Life of religion ; 2.
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| Contents |
Ethos of an Eastern European community / Ghitta Sternberg -- Preparing for Passover in North Africa / Irene Awret -- Religious roles of elderly women / Susan Starr Sered -- Synagogue life among American reform Jews / Frida Kerner Furman -- Orthodoxy in an American synagogue / Samuel C. Heilman -- Worship in the Havura movement / Chava Weissler -- Turning to Orthodox Judaism / Lynn Davidman -- Tradition and innovation in the marriage ceremony / Einat Ramon -- Bat Mitzvah among Russian Jews in America / Fran Markowitz -- Books as a path to Jewish identity / Claudio Segrè -- Memory and the Holocaust: two perspectives / Ismar Schorsch and Jackie Feldman -- Meanings of the western wall / Danielle Storper Perez and Harvey E. Goldberg -- Moroccan Jewish shrine in Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Religion, study, and contemporary politics / Tamar El-Or -- Ethiopian Jewry and new self-concepts / Hagar Salamon |
| Summary |
Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary societies |
| Analysis |
Humaniora Religionsvidenskab |
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Humaniora Jødisk kultur og historie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Judaism -- 20th century.
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Jewish way of life.
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Judaism -- Customs and practices.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Jewish way of life
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Judaism
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Judaism -- Customs and practices
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goldberg, Harvey E
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| LC no. |
2001027669 |
| ISBN |
9780520935723 |
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0520935721 |
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1417520469 |
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9781417520466 |
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1597347124 |
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9781597347129 |
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9786612762451 |
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6612762454 |
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1282762451 |
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9781282762459 |
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