Sylvia Barack Fishman
Author
Series
Publisher
Jewish Lights Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An accessible introduction to the many ways Jews understand Jewishness and identify themselves and their communities-throughout history and today.
For everyone who wants to understand the varieties of Jewish identity, its boundaries and inclusions, this book explores the religious and historical understanding of what it has meant to be Jewish from ancient times to the present controversy over "Who is a Jew?" Beginning with the biblical period, it...
Author
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Explores family dynamics in order to illuminate the larger social and psychological dimensions of mixed marriages. Stories of 254 mixed-married intermarried and converted adults, how their religious identity evolved over the course of marriage.