Carr The Hebrew Orient

Palestine in Jewish American Visual Culture, 1901-1938
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8084-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines the role that images of Palestine played in the construction of prewar Jewish American identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carr, Jessica L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "The Orient" as Jewish Heritage

2. The Place of Relics and Pioneers: Periodicals of the Zionist Organization of America

3. Reviewing the Past: Jewish Art Calendars of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods

4. Reconstructing History: The Jewish Encyclopedia

5. Envisioning Citizenship: The Jewish Exhibit and Jewish Day at the 1933 World's Fair

6. Making a Difference: Maternalism in Hadassah's "Propaganda"

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica L. Carr is Philip and Murial Berman Scholar of Jewish Studies and an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.