Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Taking Jewish Identity Metaphors Literally 1
5. You are Jewish if You Want to Be: The Limits of Identity in a World of Multiple Practices 17
6. On the Origins and Persistence of the Jewish Identity Industry in Jewish Education 36
7. Identity and Crisis: The Origins of Identity as an Educational Outcome 65
8. Regarding the “Real” Jew: Authenticity Anxieties Around Poland’s “Generation Unexpected” 84
9. Re-Thinking American Jewish Zionist Identity: A Case for Post-Zionism in the Diaspora (Based on the Writings of R. Menachem Froman) 113
10. Jewish Educators Don’t Make Jews: A Sociological Reality Check About Jewish Identity Work 144
11. Beyond Language Proficiency: Fostering Metalinguistic Communities in Jewish Educational Settings 167
12. Where is the Next Soviet Jewry Movement? How Identity Education Forgot the Lessons that Jewish Activism Taught 193
13. Jewish Education as Initiation into the Practices of Jewishness 216
14. Jewish Sensibilities: Toward a New Language for Jewish Educational Goal-Setting 241
15. Index 266