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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

by Ilan Stavans, Josh Lambert ...

A momentous and diverse anthology of the influences and inspirations of Yiddish voices in America—radical, dangerous, and seductive, but also sweet, generous, and full of life—edited by award-winning authors and scholars Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert.Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild ... Read more

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A momentous and diverse anthology of the influences and inspirations of Yiddish voices in America—radical, dangerous, and seductive, but also sweet, generous, and full of life—edited by award-winning authors and scholars Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert.Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild
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The Literary Mafia

Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature

by Josh Lambert ...

An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitous"From the very first page, this book is funnier and more gripping than a book on publishing has any right to be. Anyone interested in America's intellectual or Jewish history must read this, and anyone looking for an engrossing ... Read more

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An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitous"From the very first page, this book is funnier and more gripping than a book on publishing has any right to be. Anyone interested in America's intellectual or Jewish history must read this, and anyone looking for an engrossing
... Read more

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The Literary Mafia

Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature

by Josh Lambert ...

An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitous“From the very first page, this book is funnier and more gripping than a book on publishing has any right to be. Anyone interested in America’s intellectual or Jewish history must read this, and anyone looking for an engrossing ... Read more

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An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitous“From the very first page, this book is funnier and more gripping than a book on publishing has any right to be. Anyone interested in America’s intellectual or Jewish history must read this, and anyone looking for an engrossing
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Blessings Beyond the Binary

Transparent and the Queer Jewish Family

by Martin Shuster, Jodi Eichler-Levine, Sarah Bunin Benor, Jarrod Tanny, Shaul Magid, Jennifer Glaser, Kathryn Lofton, Shari Rabin, Joshua Falek, Kerstin Steitz, Marilyn Reizbaum, Warren Hoffman, Professor Josh Lambert, Professor Ranen Omer-Sherman ...

Transparent made history as the first television show to feature a transgender character in the main role, as the first streaming series to win the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and as, in the words of journalist Debra Nussbaum Cohen, “the Jewiest show ever.” No television show in history has depicted the lives of American Jews with as much attention to Jewish rituals, quirks, or ... Read more

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Transparent made history as the first television show to feature a transgender character in the main role, as the first streaming series to win the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and as, in the words of journalist Debra Nussbaum Cohen, “the Jewiest show ever.” No television show in history has depicted the lives of American Jews with as much attention to Jewish rituals, quirks, or
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Unclean Lips

Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture

by Josh Lambert ...

Series Book 10 - Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish Studies
Winner of the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award presented by the Association for Jewish StudiesJews have played an integral role in the history of obscenity in America. For most of the 20th century, Jewish entrepreneurs and editors led the charge against obscenity laws. Jewish lawyers battled literary censorship even when their non-Jewish counterparts refused to do so, and they won court decisions ... Read more

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Winner of the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award presented by the Association for Jewish StudiesJews have played an integral role in the history of obscenity in America. For most of the 20th century, Jewish entrepreneurs and editors led the charge against obscenity laws. Jewish lawyers battled literary censorship even when their non-Jewish counterparts refused to do so, and they won court decisions
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Geektionary

From Anime to Zettabyte, An A to Z Guide to All Things Geek

by Gregory Bergman, Josh Lambert ...

"The last WoW module was clunky and a bit slow on my rig but it had a great toolset for building adventures for my avatar. Now I'm at sixtieth level! Awesome!"Whether it's about science fiction, Star Trek, sports, comics, or computers, geekspeak is full of mysterious words and phrases. But now there's an easy way to understand what it's all about.With this book you can dork out with the best of ... Read more

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"The last WoW module was clunky and a bit slow on my rig but it had a great toolset for building adventures for my avatar. Now I'm at sixtieth level! Awesome!"Whether it's about science fiction, Star Trek, sports, comics, or computers, geekspeak is full of mysterious words and phrases. But now there's an easy way to understand what it's all about.With this book you can dork out with the best of
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

Edited by Ilan Stavans, Josh Lambert ...

Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by ... Read more

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Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by
... Read more

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The Literary Mafia

Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature

by Josh Lambert ...

Narrated by Xe Sands ...

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6 hours 26 min

An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitousIn the 1960s and 1970s, complaints about a "Jewish literary mafia" were everywhere. Although a conspiracy of Jews colluding to control publishing in the United States never actually existed, such accusations reflected a genuine ... Read more

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An investigation into the transformation of publishing in the United States from a field in which Jews were systematically excluded to one in which they became ubiquitousIn the 1960s and 1970s, complaints about a "Jewish literary mafia" were everywhere. Although a conspiracy of Jews colluding to control publishing in the United States never actually existed, such accusations reflected a genuine
... Read more

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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

15 hours 41 min

Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by
... Read more

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Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Culture

by Judith Ruderman ...

This scholarly study explores the conflicting forces of assimilation and cultural heritage in literary portrayals of Jewish American identity.In Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Culture Judith Ruderman takes on the fraught question of who passes for Jewish in American literature and culture. In today's contemporary political climate, religious and racial identities are being ... Read more

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This scholarly study explores the conflicting forces of assimilation and cultural heritage in literary portrayals of Jewish American identity.In Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Culture Judith Ruderman takes on the fraught question of who passes for Jewish in American literature and culture. In today's contemporary political climate, religious and racial identities are being
... Read more
Jews and Humor

Edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon ...

Series series Studies in Jewish Civilization
Jews and humor is, for most people, a natural and felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted to humor. But what is humor? And what makes certain types, instances, or performances of humor "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are collected in this ... Read more

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Jews and humor is, for most people, a natural and felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted to humor. But what is humor? And what makes certain types, instances, or performances of humor "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are collected in this
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Theatrical Liberalism

Jews and Popular Entertainment in America

by Andrea Most ...

Finalist for the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, American Jewish StudiesFor centuries, Jews were one of the few European cultures without any official public theatrical tradition. Yet in the modern era, Jews were among the most important creators of popular theater and film–especially in America. Why?In Theatrical Liberalism, Andrea Most illustrates howAmerican Jews used the theatre and other ... Read more

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Finalist for the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, American Jewish StudiesFor centuries, Jews were one of the few European cultures without any official public theatrical tradition. Yet in the modern era, Jews were among the most important creators of popular theater and film–especially in America. Why?In Theatrical Liberalism, Andrea Most illustrates howAmerican Jews used the theatre and other
... Read more

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