| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) illustrations |
| Series |
Where religion lives |
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Where religion lives.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE: The Needlepoint Rabbi -- INTRODUCTION: Suturing the Mortal World -- 1. IN THE BEGINNING: Generative Resilience and the Creation of Gender -- 2. BLACK FIRE, WHITE PIXELS, AND GOLDEN THREADS: Technology and Craft -- 3. THREADS BETWEEN PEOPLE: The Art of the Gift -- 4. BEZALEL'S HEIRS: Crafting in Community -- 5. TIKKUN OLAM TO THE MAX: Activism and Resistance -- 6. GENERATING THE GENERATIONS: Crafting Memory in a Fragile World -- CONCLUSION: The Fabric of Forever -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Exploring a contemporary Judaism of feeling, one rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes us inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement. Traveling across the country to homes, craft conventions, synagogue knitting circles, and craftivist actions, she joins in the making, asking questions, and contemplating her own family stories. From Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh to the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, Jewish Americans, many of them women, are creating ritual challah covers and prayer shawls, and metal, clay, or ink pieces for family, friends, or Jewish charities. But they are doing much more, Eichler-Levine shows: armed with perhaps only a needle and thread, they are reckoning with Jewish identity in a fragile and dangerous world"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Handicraft -- United States -- Religious aspects
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Handicraft -- Social aspects -- United States
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Jews -- United States -- Identity
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Jewish crafts -- United States
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RELIGION / Judaism / General
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Handicraft -- Religious aspects
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Handicraft -- Social aspects
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Jewish crafts
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Jews -- Identity
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469660653 |
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1469660652 |
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