The eighth volume of the acclaimed annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this volume focuses on the history and development of American Jewish life since World War II. Contributions include "A 'Golden Decade' for American Jews, 1945-1955" by Arthur A. Goren, "American Judaism: Changing Patterns in Denominational Self-Definition" by Arnold Eisen, "Value Added: Jews in Postwar American Culture" by Stephen J. Whitfield, "The Postwar Economy of American Jews" by Barry R. Chiswick, "Jewish Migration in Postwar America: The Case of Miami and Los Angeles" by Deborah Dash Moore, and "All in the Family: American Jewish Attachments to Israel" by Chaim Waxman. The volume also contains essays, book reviews, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.
Author(s): Peter Y. Medding
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 432
Contents......Page 12
Symposium A New Jewry? America Since the Second World War......Page 20
Arthur A. Goren, A "Golden Decade" for American Jews: 1945–1955......Page 22
Arnold Eisen, American Judaism: Changing Patterns in Denominational Self-Definition......Page 40
Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, State and Real Estate: Territoriality and the Modern Jewish Imagination......Page 69
Stephen J. Whitfield, Value Added: Jews in Postwar American Culture......Page 87
Barry R. Chiswick, The Postwar Economy of American Jews......Page 104
Deborah Dash Moore, Jewish Migration in Postwar America: The Case of Miami and Los Angeles......Page 121
Gary A. Tobin and Gabriel Berger, Understanding Jewish Communal Involvement: Theoretical Issues and Policy Implications......Page 137
Chaim I. Waxman, All in the Family: American Jewish Attachments to Israel......Page 153
Essays......Page 170
Yitzhak Gil-Har, Zionist Policy at the Versailles Peace Conference: Setting the Northern Border of Palestine......Page 172
Yossi Goldstein, Ahad Ha'am in Historical Perspective......Page 187
Michael A. Meyer, Jewish Scholarship and Jewish Identity: Their Historical Relationship in Modern Germany......Page 200
David Mittelberg, The Impact of Jewish Education and an "Israel Experience" on the Jewish Identity of American Jewish Youth......Page 213
Anthony D. Smith, The Question of Jewish Identity......Page 238
Review Essays......Page 254
Werner E. Mosse......Page 256
Mary C. Wilson......Page 265
Book Reviews (arranged by subject)......Page 270
Thomas Albrich......Page 272
Shmuel Almog......Page 274
Randolph L. Braham (ed.)......Page 277
Christopher Browning......Page 279
Shalom Cholawski......Page 281
Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit......Page 284
Jacques Presser......Page 285
Stefan Korbonski......Page 288
Deborah E. Lipstadt......Page 291
Abraham J. Peck and Uri D. Herscher (eds.)......Page 293
Rivka Perils......Page 296
Gary A. Tobin with Sharon L. Sassler......Page 299
David Roskies (ed.)......Page 302
Salomon W. Slowes......Page 304
Nechama Tec......Page 305
Gerhard Vilsmeier......Page 307
Eugene C. Black......Page 310
David Cesarani (ed.)......Page 311
Neil M. Cowan and Ruth Schwartz Cowan......Page 313
Daniel J. Elazar and Harold M. Waller......Page 315
Heinz Moshe Graupe......Page 317
David Leviatin......Page 319
Dov Levin (ed.)......Page 321
Ezra Mendelsohn and Chone Shmeruk (eds.)......Page 322
Robin Ostow......Page 324
Abraham J. Peck (ed.)......Page 326
Ada Rapoport-Albert and Steven J. Zipperstein (eds.)......Page 328
Monika Richarz (ed.)......Page 330
Moses Rischin (ed.)......Page 331
Emanuela Trevisan Semi......Page 333
David Sorkin......Page 335
Michael Stanislawski......Page 337
David Aberbach......Page 339
Herbert G. Goldman......Page 341
Gabriel Josipovici......Page 343
Dovid Katz (ed.)......Page 345
Ira B. Nadel......Page 348
David Ellenson......Page 351
A. Roy Eckardt......Page 353
Simon Greenberg (ed.)......Page 355
Norman Lamrn......Page 357
Michael L. Morgan (ed.)......Page 358
David Novak......Page 361
Jack Wertheimer (ed.)......Page 363
Marc Lee Raphael......Page 365
Brenda Danet......Page 368
Daniel J. Elazar (ed.)......Page 371
Carole Fink......Page 373
Ruth Kozodoy......Page 376
David Kraemer (ed.)......Page 378
Eli Lederhendler......Page 379
Yaakov Oved......Page 381
Yoav Peled......Page 383
Moshe Shokeid......Page 385
Michel Abitbol......Page 388
Shlomo Avineri......Page 390
Uriel Dann (ed.)......Page 392
Abraham Diskin......Page 393
Binyamin Eliav......Page 395
Yosef Katz......Page 397
Michael Keren......Page 398
Baruch Kimmerling (ed.)......Page 400
Ernst Pawel......Page 402
Gershon Shafir......Page 405
Margalit Shilo......Page 407
Ned Temko......Page 409
David Vital......Page 410
Chaim I. Waxman......Page 413
Eugene Weiner and Anita Weiner......Page 415
Gadi Wolfsfeld......Page 416
Recently Completed Doctoral Dissertations......Page 419
Contents for Volume IX......Page 427
Note on Editorial Policy......Page 428
