Persistence and Flexibility - Anthropological Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience

Using a variety of anthropological approaches, the authors illustrate how the Jewish identity has persisted in the United States despite great subcultural variation and a wide range of adaptations. Within the various essays, attention is given to both mainstream Jews and to the Hasidim, Yemenites, Indian Sephardim, Soviet Emigres, and "Jews for Jesus." Institutions such as the family, the school, and the synagogue, are considered through techniques of participation/ observation and in archeological research. Persistence and Flexibility provides a means of viewing the Jewish community through the prism of key events, or rituals, and symbols.

Product details

• Assisted by: Walter P Zenner (Editor), Walter P. Zenner (Editor)
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.1988
• EAN: 9780887067501
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-750-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 509 g
• Series: Suny Series in Anthropology an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)