books by Sylvia Barack Fishman

books by Sylvia Barack Fishman

books:

Sylvia Barack Fishman

A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, ...
Sylvia Barack Fishman

Brandeis, 1995

A vigorous portrayal of the effects of a distinct form of feminism on the spiritual and secular lives of Jewish women.

Double or Nothing: Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage (Brandeis in American Jewish History, Culture and Life ...

Sylvia Barack Fishman

Brandeis, 2004

Trying to preserve the Jewish community
This work is a study of two- hundred and fifty intermarried couples. It reveals that most intermarried couples who have children do not provide a Jewish education for their children. Such an education Barack - Fishman indicates is a crucial factor in determining the ...

Choosing Jewish: Conversations About Conversion
Sylvia Barack Fishman

American Jewish Committee, 2006

From the book's Foreword: "A pioneering study into the decision-making process that underlies a conversion into Judaism and into the ethnoreligious character of the families so formed."

Jewish Life and American Culture (Suny Series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s)
Sylvia Barack Fishman

State University of New York Press, 2000

Fishman introduces a new concept called coalescence, an adaptation technique through which Jews merge American and Jewish elements. Analyzing the increasingly permeable boundaries in the ethnic identity construction of Jewish and non-Jewish Americans, she suggests that during the process of coalescence, Jews combine the texts of American and ...

Follow My Footprints: Changing Images of Women in American Jewish Fiction (Brandeis Series in American Jewish ...

Brandeis, 1992

Twenty-one writers document the diverse representations and roles of Jewish women in American literature and culture.

Changing Jewish Life: Service Delivery and Planning in the 1990s (Contributions in Sociology)

Greenwood Press, 1991

The Jewish community in America is currently undergoing profound changes, and American Jews are experiencing personal and communal realities that differ markedly from those of their parents and grandparents. To meet the needs of this population, a complex human service delivery system has evolved, with a vast array of agencies and organizations ...

Fighting to Become Americans: Jews, Gender, and the Anxiety of Assimilation.(Review) (book review): An ...
Sylvia Barack Fishman

American Jewish Historical Society, 2000

This digital document is an article from American Jewish History, published by American Jewish Historical Society on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1523 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after ...

The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness

Sylvia Barack Fishman

Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008

The Conditions for Jewish Renaissance in America
Just when you were wondering what would be the book to send friends and family alike for the Holiday season, along comes a miraculous response to your quest. This incredibly readable book offers us all, an insightful and sympathetic analysis of the historical roots of ...

Ethnic capital and intermarriage: a case study of American Jews.: An article from: Sociology of Religion
Benjamin T. Philips, Sylvia Barack Fishman

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Sociology of Religion, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2006. The length of the article is 8952 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view ...