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Books -- Book reviews and Struggles in the Promised Land: Toward a History of Black-Jewish Relations in the United States (Book) -- Book reviews

Edited by JACK SALZMAN and CORNEL WEST. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Reviewed by ROBERT PHILIPSON This is the liberal version of the story. Jews came [...]

Kashering of meat -- Laws, regulations and rules, Shehitah -- United States, Jews -- Dietary laws, Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Religious aspects, United States -- Religious aspects, and United States

Klezmer music -- History, Musicians, Jewish -- Social aspects, and Hasidism -- Social aspects

The Yiddish term 'klezmer' is derived from the Hebrew words 'kle' and 'zemer' which mean vessel or instrument and music, respectively. The term refers to Jewish musicians who observe the traditional Jewish dance music. The proliferation of the klezmer music in the US can be attributed to the migration of eastern Jewish between the period of 1880 and 1924. The klezmer tradition, which was brought to the US, has been initially influenced by Hasidism.

Zionism -- History and Jews -- History

THE STUDY OF ZIONISM IN THE AMERICAN SETTNG IS not a simple, straightforward matter. To begin with, American Zionism is a term that continues to elude scholarly consensus. Can a [...]

Peace -- Public opinion, Palestinian Arabs -- International relations, Israel -- Political aspects, and Israel

Islam -- United States, Islam -- Religious aspects, Islam -- Social aspects, Semites -- Religious aspects, Christianity -- Religious aspects, and Christianity -- Social aspects

THE TERM 'ANTI-SEMITISM,' AS MANY OF US REALIZE, is the wrong term for what we try to describe and analyze. It is inane nonsense, because there is no 'Semitism' one [...]

Market trend/market analysis, Conservative Judaism -- Forecasts and trends, Conservative Judaism -- Personal narratives, Conservative Judaism -- Analysis, Jews, American -- Religious aspects, Jews, American -- Statistics, Rabbis -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rabbis -- Personal narratives, Jewish way of life -- Analysis, Judaism -- Customs and practices, Judaism -- Analysis, and United States -- Religious aspects

I live in a state where the majority culture believes as a matter of theology in the existence of ongoing revelation, that God's will continues to be revealed directly to [...]

Conservative Judaism -- Analysis, Jews, American -- Religious aspects, Tradition (Judaism) -- Analysis, Religiousness -- Analysis, Jewish way of life -- Analysis, Judaism -- Customs and practices, Judaism -- Analysis, and United States -- Religious aspects

Conservative Judaism in the early years of the twenty-first century confronts a complex set of challenges. Whereas fifty years ago, it was the movement preferred by the plurality of American [...]

Books -- Book reviews and Are We One? Jewish Identity in the United States and Israel (Book)

Are We One? Jewish Identity in the United States and Israel. By JEROLD AUERBACH. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. 2001. Ever since its establishment, Israel has been [...]

World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Causes of, Terrorism -- United States, and Israel -- History

'ON ROSH HASHANAH IT IS WRITTEN AND ON YOM Kippur it is sealed, who shall live and who shall die ... who shall die by fire and who by water [...]

United States. Supreme Court

The Judge in a Democracy, by AHARON BARAK, Princeton University Press. In every political campaign, Americans hear a constant condemnation of activist judges, as if judges, like witches [...]

Church and state -- Analysis, Judaism -- Political aspects, and United States -- Religious aspects

The separation of church and state mandated by the US constitution has led to religious plurality and an increasingly secularized society. Although the founders' intention was to create an environment of tolerance for all religions, modern interpretations of the constitution's provisions for prayer have led to the emergence of fundamentalists who position themselves as the religious right. In any case, the founding fathers' legacy has given American Jews the autonomy to practice their faith along side Christians unopposed.

Jewish learning and scholarship -- Evaluation, Orthodox Judaism -- United States, Rabbis -- Records and correspondence, Holyoke, Massachusetts -- Religious aspects, and Massachusetts

Food industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Shehitah -- Laws, regulations and rules, Jews -- Dietary laws, Kosher food -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States Constitution. 1st Amendment

Katz. Mickey -- Criticism and interpretation, Sherman, Allan -- Criticism and interpretation, Yiddish language -- United States, Jews, American, Comedians -- History, and Humorous songs -- History

The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. (Wordsworth) You thought things would never change. You'd hang [...]

Jews, American -- Public opinion, Jews in the United States -- Bibliography, Assimilation (Sociology) -- Analysis, Books -- Book reviews, and Deaf Jews in the Modern World (Book) -- Book reviews

Republican Party (United States) -- Social policy, Right and left (Political science) -- Social aspects, Jews in the United States -- Political activity, and Conservatism -- Social aspects

Violence -- Israel, Riots -- Israel, Palestinian Arabs, United States, Israel -- Political aspects, Soviet Union, and Israel

United States Constitution Bicentennial, 1987-1991 -- Planning, Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction, and Constitutional law -- Ethical aspects

Jews in the United States -- Behavior, Jews -- Social aspects, and Entertaining -- Ethical aspects