Jewish Assimilation, Acculturation, and Accommodation: Past Traditions, Current Issues, and Future Prospects (Studies in Jewish Civilization)

671 Pages·1991·1.59 MB·English

by  Menachem Mor

Jewish Assimilation, Acculturation, and
Accommodation : Past Traditions, Current
title:
Issues, and Future Prospects Studies in
Jewish Civilization ; 2
author: Mor, Menahem.
publisher: Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin: 081918456X
print isbn13: 9780819184566
ebook isbn13: 9780585195483
language: English
Jews--Cultural assimilation--Congresses,
Jews--History--Congresses, Judaism--
subject History--Congresses, Jews--Cultural
assimilation--United States--Congresses,
United States--Ethnic relations--Congresses.
publication date: 1992
lcc: DS148.J47 1991eb
ddc: 305.892/4073
Jews--Cultural assimilation--Congresses,
Jews--History--Congresses, Judaism--
subject: History--Congresses, Jews--Cultural
assimilation--United States--Congresses,
United States--Ethnic relations--Congresses.
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Jewish Assimilation, Acculturation and
Accomodation: Past Traditions, Current Issues
and Future Prospects
Studies in Jewish Civilization 2
Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium
of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick
Chair in Jewish Civilization
held on Sunday-Monday,
September 24-25. 1989
Menachem Mor, Editor
Creighton University
Lanham New York London
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Jewish Assimilation, Acculturation, and Accommodation:
Past Traditions, Current Issues, and Future Prospects
/Menachem Mor, editor.
p. cm. (Studies in Jewish civilization; [2])
Papers delivered at the second annual Symposium of the
Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization
at Creighton University on Sept. 24-25, 1989.
1. Jews Cultural assimilation Congresses.
2. Jews History Congresses.
3. Judaism History Congresses.
4. Jews United States Cultural assimilation Congresses.
5. United States Ethnic relations Congresses.
I. Mor, Menachem. II. Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick
Chair in Jewish Civilization. Symposium (2nd:
1989: Creighton University) III. Series.
DS148.J47 1991
305.892' 4073 dc20 91-31864 CIP
ISBN 1-8191-8456-X (cloth: alk. paper)
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Acknowledgements
A large group of people were involved in the preparations for the
Second Annual Symposium. I would like to thank all of them for their
support and commitment. Also, I wish to thank those who were
directly involved in the hard work of making it possible. First my
colleagues from Creighton University, Dr. Charles Harper, Sociology
Professor and Dr. Bryan LeBeau, Director of the Center for the Study
of Religion and Society, both of whom were part of the academic
advisory committee of the Symposium. Special thanks to Mr. Steven
A. Scholer, Director of Planned Giving at Creighton University, who
helped us with the difficult task of fund raising for the Symposium.
Ms. Betty Davis from Creighton University's Public Relations
Department and Mrs. Beth Seldin Dotan, Director of the Jewish
Cultural Arts Council, joined the project at a crucial stage of our
preparations and helped us all the way through. I also want to thank
the committee of the College of Jewish Learning of the Jewish
Community in Omaha: Denny Greenberg, Caryn Rifkin, Steve Riekes
and Forrest Krutter, a group with a deep commitment to Jewish
Education. Special thanks to Dr. Michael Sundermeier, Department of
English, Creighton University, who did the language editing of the
entire collection and Dr. Thomas Mans, Department of Political
Science at Creighton University, for sharing with us his computer
knowledge.
Finally, I wish to thank the following for their financial contributions
which have helped make this symposium and the publication of these
proceedings possible:
The Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Foundation
The Carl Frohm Memorial Foundation
The Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation
The Henry Monsky Lodge of B'nai B'rith
The Nebraska Committee for the Humanities
The Kenneth Ray Tretiak Memorial Fund, established by His
Parents
A.A. and Ethel Yossem Endowment Fund
MENACHEM MOR, CHAIRHOLDER
KLUTZNICK CHAIR IN JEWISH CIVILIZATION
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
AUGUST, 1991
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
THE HELLENIZATION OF THE HASMONEANS 1
Uriel Rappaport
WAS JUDAISM IN ANTIQUITY A MISSIONARY 14
RELIGION?
Shaye J.D. Cohen
WAS JUDAISM A MISSIONARY RELIGION IN 24
ANCIENT TIMES?
Louis Feldman
FROM HELLENIZATION TO GRAECIZATION: THE 38
BYZANTINE-JEWISH SYNTHESIS
Steven Bowman
SANCTITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE: 54
THE ROMAN GHETTO AS SACRED SPACE
Kenneth Stow
SOLOMON BIBO: INDIANS AND JEWS AT ACOMA 77
PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO
Gordon Bronitzky
FEMALE CONVERTS IN GERMANY, 1600-1750 87
Deborah Hertz
ABRAHAM GEIGER ON THE ORIGINS OF 110
CHRISTIANITY: WISSENSCHAFT VOM JUDENTUM
AS A STRATEGY FOR AND AGAINST
ASSIMILATION
Susannah Herschel
MARTIN BUBER'S PERCEPTION OF THE 127
RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC COMPONENTS OF
GERMAN TURN-OF THE-CENTURY JEWRY
Gerda Schmidt
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POLICIES TOWARDS COMMUNAL INTEGRATION 141
OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN
THE UNITED STATES DURING 1942-49
Sylvia Abrams
THE ORTHODOX REFUGEE PERCEPTION OF 161
ASSIMILATION IN AMERICA 1939-1948
Gershon Greenberg
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES: A CATHOLIC 178
APPROACH
Michael Lawler
THE CHANGING STATUS OF CHILDREN OF 191
JEWISH INTERMARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
Paul A. Spickard
SUBURBAN SKETCHES: PROFILES OF AMERICAN 204
REFORM JEWS
Gerald L. Showstack
TYPES OF SACRED COMMITMENT IN A JEWISH 222
COMMUNITY:/THEIR SOURCES AND
FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Gary P. Williams
CONTENT AND COMPANY: JEWISH IDENTITY 246
AND CHOICE OF FRIENDS AMONG JEWISH
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Mervin Verbit
WHEN IS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEATH? 262
Smauel A. Klausner
PANEL DISCUSSION: JUDAISM IN THE 21 ST 304
CENTURY