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In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews' supposed physical inferiority and an Americanization narrative emerged that connected Jewish athleticism with full acceptance and integration into American society. This acceptance was not without struggle, but Jews succeeded and participated in the American sporting culture as athletes, coaches, owners, and fans. The contributions to this volume paint a broad picture of Jewish participation in sports, with essays written by respected historians who examine the impact of sport on Judaism. Despite the continued belief that Jewish religious or cultural identity remains somehow distinct from the American idea of the "athlete," the volume demonstrates that American Jews have made a tremendous contribution to American sports, and that sports have helped construct American Jewish culture and identity.

Jewish athletes --- Jews --- Sports --- Identity. --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Athletes

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Continuing its distinguished tradition of focusing on central political, sociological, and cultural issues of Jewish life in the last century, this latest volume in the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry series focuses on how Jewry has been studied in the social science disciplines. Its symposium consists of essays that discuss sources, approaches, and debates in the complementary fields of demography, sociology, economics, and geography. The social sciences are central for the understanding of contemporary Jewish life and have engendered much controversy over the past few decades. To a larg

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Social conditions --- Research. --- Social conditions. --- Political and social conditions --- United States --- Ethnic relations. --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism

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Jüdische Gemeinden in Europa pflegten bereits seit dem Mittelalter den Brauch, Regelwerke zu schaffen, die die Grundrichtlinien für das gewollte Verhalten innerhalb der meist autonomen Gemeinschaften zusammenfassten, aber auch nicht selten Bezug auf die Kontakte zur nichtjüdischen Umwelt schafften. Diese Statuten wurden in Hebräisch mit dem Begriff »Takkanot« bezeichnet, der in seiner Grundbedeutung so viel wie »Vervollkommnung« bedeutet. In den autonomen jüdischen Gemeinden wurden diese Gesetzeskompilationen seit dem Mittelalter nicht mehr ausschließlich von religionsgesetzlichen Autoritäten,

Jews --- Religion --- Religious history --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- History. --- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)

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Historical sociolinguistics is a comparatively new area of research, investigating difficult questions about language varieties and choices in speech and writing. Jewish historical sociolinguistics is rich in unanswered questions: when does a language become 'Jewish'? What was the origin of Yiddish? How much Hebrew did the average Jew know over the centuries? How was Hebrew re-established as a vernacular and a dominant language? This book explores these and other questions, and shows the extent of scholarly disagreement over the answers. It shows the value of adding a sociolinguistic perspective to issues commonly ignored in standard histories. A vivid commentary on Jewish survival and Jewish speech communities that will be enjoyed by the general reader, and is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the study of Middle Eastern languages, Jewish studies, and sociolinguistics.

Jews --- Sociolinguistics. --- Juden. --- Soziolinguistik. --- Sprache. --- Jews. --- Languages --- History. --- Languages. --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism

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Im Mai 1924 wurde in Berlin die Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches gegründet. Benannt nach der jüdischen Druckerfamilie Soncino des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts in Italien, hatte sich diese erste jüdische Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft die Publikation seltener jüdischer Texte und wertvoller hebräischer Drucke zum Ziel gesetzt. Mitglieder der Gesellschaft waren namhafte Persönlichkeiten, Bibliotheken, jüdische Logen und Kultureinrichtungen im In- und Ausland. Ihre Mitgliederzahl betrug über 800. Der Band, der aus Anlass des 90. Gründungsjubiläum der Soncino-Gesellschaft erscheint, geht in acht Essays der Geschichte der Vereinigung und ihrem Engagement für die hebräische Buchkultur nach, beleuchtet das Netzwerk ihrer Mitglieder und mögliche zionistische Einflüsse und hinterfragt die Wirkungsgeschichte der Gesellschaft. Ein umfangreicher Anhang mit einer Bibliographie der Publikationen und erstmals einer möglichst vollständigen Liste der Mitglieder der Soncino-Gesellschaft ergänzt den Band.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History. --- Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches --- Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches, Berlin --- Bibliophiles. --- Weimar Republic. --- Anthologies.