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Hanukkah in America : a history / Dianne Ashton.

By: Ashton, Dianne.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, 2013Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-334) and index.Description: vii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780814707395 (hbk.); 0814707394 (hbk.).Subject(s): Hanukkah -- United States | Judaism -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 296.4/350973
Contents:
What is Hanukkah? -- Modern Maccabees -- Children light up -- Remade in America -- Homegrown heroism -- Forging a common tradition -- Hippies, Hasidim, & havurot.
Summary: The ways in which Hanukkah was reshaped by American Jews reveals the changing goals and values that emerged among different contingents.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-334) and index.

What is Hanukkah? -- Modern Maccabees -- Children light up -- Remade in America -- Homegrown heroism -- Forging a common tradition -- Hippies, Hasidim, & havurot.

The ways in which Hanukkah was reshaped by American Jews reveals the changing goals and values that emerged among different contingents.

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