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Through a collection of essays by scholars and activists whose writing ranges from the personal to the philosophical,
The Narrow Bridge examines multiculturalism within and beyond the Jewish community. How does classism work within the Jewish community? How can synagogues reach out to gays and lesbians? How have tensions between Jews and Blacks developed historically and what can we learn from that history? How can we include Jewish studies in multicultural curricula? This timely collection of provocative articles makes fine use of these and other questions, offering us a look at where Jews have stood, where they now stand, and what they can hope for in the complex arena of multiculturalism.
List of contents
Multiculturalism, Jews, and democracy : situating the discussion / Marla Brettschneider
Challenges of difference at Bridges / Clare Kinberg
Beyond the taboo : talking about class / Felice Yeskel
Klal Israel : lesbians and gays in the Jewish community / Bob Goldfarb
Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Quebecois : Jewish politics in multicultural Canada / Rebecca Posner
Toward a multicultural politics : a Jewish feminist perspective / Martha Ackelsberg
Stayed on freedom : Jew in the Civil Rights Movement and after / Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
Black, white, and red: Jewish and African Americans in the Communist Party / Gerald Horne
Pioneers in dialogue : Jews building bridges / Reena Bernards
Of Haiti and horseradish / Toba Spitzer
Jews and the multicultural university curriculum / Evelyn Torton Beck
Jews and African Americans as cotrainers in antiracism and antioppression education / Naomi Nim
Making room for Jews in multicultural public school education / Leora Saposnik, Ellen Osterhaus
The tree of knowledge and the tree of life / Jonathan Boyarin
Hearing the call : solidarity with Ethiopian Jews / Ephraim Isaac
Voices from the field : multiculturalism as experienced in Jewish social service agencies / Nora Gold
Facilitating multicultural progress : community economic development and the American Jewish community / Jeffrey Dekro
What does it mean to be an "American"? / Michael Walzer
About the author
Brettschneider, Marla
Summary
Through a collection of essays by scholars and activists, this text examines multiculturalism within and beyond the Jewish community. It looks at such issues as: what is multiculturalism to Jews? How have tensions between Jews and Blacks developed? How can synagogues reach gays and lesbians?
