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A Kosher Christmas portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season belonging to all Americans through unique and innovative responses, including transforming Hanukkah into the Jewish Christmas; creating a national Jewi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plaut, Joshua Eli
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Christmas > United States.
Jews > United States > Social life and customs.
Noël > États-Unis.
Juifs > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
RELIGION > Holidays > Christmas & Advent.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Jewish Studies.
Christmas.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Sarna, Jonathan D.
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Coping with Christmas: A Multitude of Jewish Responses
  • 1. Coming to the New World: Can the American Jew Keep Christmas?
  • 2. Hanukkah Comes of Age: The New Jewish Christmas
  • 3. We Eat Chinese Food on Christmas
  • 4. "'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah": Remaking Christmas through Parody and Popular Culture
  • 5. The Christmas Mitzvah: 'Tis the Season to Be Giving
  • 6. Chrismukkah and Festivus: Holidays for the Rest of Us
  • Conclusion: Menorahs Next to Madonnas: Shaping the Future of Christmas in America
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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