Language:
English
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Social Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
5,1-2 (1998-1999) 52-79
Keywords:
Jews History 19th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Jews Identity
Abstract:
Examines the belief that Judaism and Americanism reinforce one another, the two traditions converging in a common path, which is a central theme in American Jewish culture that may be termed "the cult of synthesis". Dating back well over a century, it reflects an ongoing effort on the part of American Jews to interweave their "Judaism" with their "Americanism" in an attempt to fashion for themselves some unified "synthetic" whole. Outlines the history and practice of this "cult", showing the range of beliefs, tenets, myths, symbols, rituals, and forms that it embraced.
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