Hanukkah in America : a history / Dianne Ashton.
By: Ashton, Dianne
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TextSeries: 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 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 296.435 As38 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003488772 |
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| 296 N398 The way of Torah : an introduction to Judaism / | 296.09 Ne398 Stranger at home : "the Holocaust," Zionism, and American Judaism / | 296.3 P288 Business ethics : a Jewish perspective / | 296.435 As38 2013 Hanukkah in America : a history / | 297 Ab310 Islam in focus / | 297 As51 2011 No god but God : the origins, evolution, and future of Islam / | 297 B910 The Islamic movement in North Africa / |
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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