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Author:

Greene, Daniel, 1973-

Title:

The Jewish origins of cultural pluralism : the Menorah Association and American diversity / Daniel Greene.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Harvard Menorah Society (Cambridge, Mass.)--History--20th century.
Intercollegiate Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
Jewish college students--Cambridge--Cambridge--Societies, etc.
Jewish college students--United States--Societies, etc.
Jews--United States--Identity.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Jews--United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "Kultur Klux Klan or cultural pluralism" -- The Harvard Menorah Society and the Menorah idea -- The intercollegiate Menorah Association and the "Jewish invasion" of American colleges -- Cultural pluralism and its critics -- Jewish studies in an American setting -- A pluralist history and culture -- Pluralism in fiction -- Epilogue: "The promise of the Menorah idea".

Series:

Modern Jewish experience

ISBN:

0253223342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253223340 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253356148 (cl : alk. paper)
9780253356147 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)663954310

LCCN:

2010038265

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)