Stepping into Zion - 9780817318246
Un libro in lingua di Fernheimer Janice W. edito da Univ of Alabama Pr, 2014
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By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer’s Stepping into Zion considers the question ?Who is a Jew?”? a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike.
Hatzaad Harishon (?The First Step”) was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into Zion, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have
critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews.
Fernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded?both historically and rhetorically?in gaining increased recognition for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms ?interruptive invention.”
Through insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon’s archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group’s successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. Stepping into Zion offers ?interruptive invention” as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it.
Hatzaad Harishon (?The First Step”) was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into Zion, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have
critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews.
Fernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded?both historically and rhetorically?in gaining increased recognition for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms ?interruptive invention.”
Through insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon’s archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group’s successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. Stepping into Zion offers ?interruptive invention” as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Stepping into Zion
- Sottotitolo: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Fernheimer Janice W.
- Editore: Univ of Alabama Pr
- Collana: Univ of Alabama Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Ottobre '14
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : African Americans Relations with Jews History 20th century Jews Identity
- Pagine: 204
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 0
- EAN-13: 9780817318246