Beyond Jewish Identity, Rethinking Concepts and Imagining Alternatives

Year

2019

Publisher

Academic Studies Press

Language

English

Pages

Link

Last Update

01-Apr-2026

Keywords

Religion ; Jewish Studies

Description

This book is motivated by the deep discomfort that we, the editors, feel with the way that the phrase “Jewish identity” is often used by educators, educational policy makers, and other leaders in the Jewish community, especially (although not exclusively) in the United States. To be sure, we have learned much from colleagues who have written rigorously and insightfully about the ways that Jews understand themselves, about how Jewishness is enacted in contemporary settings, and about the ways that Jewish identity coexists alongside other identities (to name a few key studies: Cohen, 1974, 1983; Cohen & Eisen, 2000; Dashefsky &...