Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Jewish Authenticity
5. 1 The Changing Faces of Jewish Authenticity 9
6. 2 Recognition and Authenticity: From Sartre to Multiculturalism 22
7. 3 Orthodoxy and the Authentic Jew
8. 4 Reforming Jewish Tradition and the Spiritual Quest 58
9. 5 The Experiential Authenticity of Jewish Meditation, Jewish Yoga, and Kabbalah 72
10. 6 The Messianic Heresy and the Struggle for Authenticity 86
11. Part III Authentic Jewish Peoplehood
12. 7 Creating a National Jewish Culture in Israel 103
13. 8 Shtetl Authenticity: From Fiddler on the Roof to the Revival of Klezmer 124
14. 9 Becoming Jewish: Intermarriage and Conversion 137
15. 10 Authentically Jewish Genes 149
16. Part IV Struggles over Authentication and Recognition
17. 11 Lost Jewish Tribes in Ethiopia 159
18. 12 Recognizing Black Jews in the United States 174
19. 13 Authenticating Crypto-Jewish Identity 188
20. 14 Newly Found Jews and the Regimes of Recognition 203
21. Conclusion 225
22. Notes 233
23. Bibliography 271
24. Index 293
25. About the Author 302