Eisen analyzes the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of closeness to the context of the new country. He traces the reinterpretations of "second-generation" American Jews and examines the "third generation" (1955 to the present)....more details Format:Paperback Pages:252
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Arnold M Eisen
ISBN:9780226195292
Arnold Eisen here calls for a fundamental rethinking of the story of modern Judaism. More than simply a study of Jewish thought on customs and rituals...more details Format:Paperback Pages:347
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Michael Strassfeld;Arnold M Eisen
ISBN:9780062720085
The coeditor of the enormously popular Jewish Catalog "help s] readers understand more fully the meaning of our holidays and thereby to observe these festivals ...more details Format:Paperback Pages:256
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Arnold M Eisen
ISBN:9780226195285
Calling for a fundamental rethinking of modern Judaism, the author of this study focuses on the transformation of Jewish practice in response to the civil rights...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:347
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Arnold M Eisen
ISBN:9780253213815
Jews have both benefited and suffered from the fraying of traditional loyalties that has come to characterise modern American culture. In each of the five chapters...more details Format:Paperback Pages:208
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Philip Rieff;Arnold M Eisen
ISBN:9780813927060
Philip Rieff earned recognition as one of the most profound social theorists of culture and authority of the twentieth century. Through such works as "Freud: The Mind of the Moralist" and "The Triumph of the Therapeutic...more details Format:Hardback Pages:217