,Fashioning Jewishness in a Black and White World

Fashioning Jewishness in a Black and White World


 

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies

Author(s): Eric Goldstein; Eric Goldstein

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Race; Culture; Jewish Identification; Community Relations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States United States

Abstract:

The author compares and contrasts modern examples of young Jews appropriating or borrowing from African-American culture with examples of similar phenomena from generations past. The contemporary phenomenon, the author asserts, is rooted in different circumstances and in a different kind of aspiration.