Illustrations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Illustrations VIII
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Search for New Modes of Jewishness in Postwar America 21
7. 2. Launching a Discourse: YIVO’s Bridge From the Old World to the New 47
8. 3. New (York) Jewish Intellectuals: The Past as Culture 71
9. 4. Religious Culture as an Antidote to Liberal Judaism and Secular Jewishness 96
10. 5. Spiritual Needs, the Past, and the Denominational Landscape 119
11. 6. From East European Radicalism to Postwar American Progressivism 144
12. 7. Presenting a Rich Jewish Culture: The Eternal Light and Life Is with People 167
13. 8. Making Jewishness Meaningful: In School and in Hasidism 189
14. 9. Tevye in Kasrilevke, the Fiddler in America: East European Jewishness in Literature 212
15. 10. Conclusion: Re-Inventing Jewishness Out of Memory 241
16. Bibliography 261
17. Index 285