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Title Living Jewishly : a snapshot of a generation / an anthology edited by Stefanie Pervos Bregman
Published Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (155 pages)
Series Jewish identities in post-modern society
Contents Title Page -- CONTENTS -- I AM JEWISH -- PROLOGUE -- ARE WE MOVING BEYOND DENOMINATIONAL BORDERS? -- STARK NAKED OR FULLY DRESSED � WE�RE ALL THE SAME -- THE PLAN -- SHOMER NEGIAH IN THE CITY -- CONVERTED TO REFORM -- ANATOMY OF AN ACTIVIST -- HEBREW � A LOVE/ HATE RELATIONSHIP -- DOES BEING A JEWISH YOUNG PROFESSIONAL TODAY MEAN NEVER MEASURING UP? -- CARD CARRYING MEMBER -- MY JEWISH JOURNEY: HOW BEING CATHOLIC HELPED MAKE ME JEWISH -- JUARTISM -- NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER�S MINYAN (ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT BE THERE TOO) -- THE BEGINNER
34 IS THE NEW “ TWEEN�A FAITHFUL DECISION -- FOOD FIGHTS -- TO BE A JEW IN THE WORLD -- WHY THE HECK I BECAME A RABBI -- VOLITION -- SURVIVING MIKVAH 101 -- INGESTING JUDAISM -- MY GRANDFATHER�S BOXES -- HOW DO YOU DEFINE ME? -- THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN JEWISH MARRIAGE -- UNPLUGGING EXPECTATIONS -- THE RUMORS OF HER DEATH -- WHO IS A JEW?: EXPLORING MY NON- KOSHER JUDAISM -- AM I A JEW- A- SAUR? -- WITHOUT KNOWING I HAD EVER BEEN LOST -- CONVERSION OF COMFORT -- WE LIVE IN LOVING MEMORIES -- FEEDING MY JEWISH SOUL
A NEW KIND OF JEWISH GEOGRAPHYNOSH, DAVIN, KVELL OR EAT, PRAY, LOVE THE WEST SIDE WAY -- THE GODFATHER -- SUMMER DAYS, SUMMER NIGHTS -- LIVE, LOVE, LEARN ... BUT IN WHAT ORDER? -- MY (JEWISH- INTERFAITH-LESBIAN) WEDDING -- HEBREW NAMES. OR, DREAMING OF VARDIT -- CAN YOU DATE ME NOW? GOOD -- THE INTELLECTUAL GIVER -- SORRY I DON�T TOUCH MEN: TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A CELIBATE DATER -- EPILOGUE -- SUBJECT INDEX FOR ESSAYS
Summary Annotation. In the Jewish communal world, engaging 20- and 30-somethings is a hot button issue: How do we get young Jews to feel connected to Israel? To affiliate with traditional Jewish institutions? To care about Jewish continuity, ritual and tradition?As a member of this elusive generation, Stefanie Bregman set out to tackle these questions and sought out to compile a collection of personal essays and memoirs from Jewish 20- and 30-somethings across the country
Notes Includes index
In English
Subject Jews -- Identity -- 21st century
Judaism -- United States -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Jews -- Identity
Judaism
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Pervos Bregman, Stefanie
ISBN 9781618111852
161811185X
1618111639
9781618111630