Scholarly Articles on the Study of North American Jewish Communities

2013 ◽  
pp. 763-765
Author(s):  
Arnold Dashefsky ◽  
Ira Sheskin
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
American Jewish

They Sure Will Be of Minority Groups

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-135
Author(s):  
Samira K. Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Jewish Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
American Jewish Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
American Jewish ◽  
The One

Interfaith families that are also interracial are less able to seamlessly fit into “mainstream” American Jewish life, which is dominated by Ashkenazi culture and racially coded as white. On the one hand, this can make interactions in Jewish communities more challenging. On the other, these families are often given more freedom and flexibility for including traditions from the Christian side of the family than their white interfaith counterparts.

The Bible and Judaism in America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Sarna
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
The United States ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
The Bible ◽  
American Jewish Identity ◽  
Jewish Scriptures ◽  
Four Books ◽  
American Jewish

The Jewish Holy Scriptures have long served as a defining symbol of American Jewish communal life and culture. A copy of the Torah first arrived in what is now New York City in 1655, and ever after the presence of the Jewish scriptures has helped identify and coalesce Jewish communities throughout the colonies and then the United States. American Jewish communities have continued to privilege the first five books of the Bible, but there are twenty-four books in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible (and its several American translations) continues to be a mainstay in American Jewish identity, helping give shape and define the character of Jewish adherents and their communities throughout the United States.

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