The Jewish origins of cultural pluralism : the Menorah Association and American diversity

The Jewish origins of cultural pluralism : the Menorah Association and American diversity / Daniel Greene.

Daniel Greene traces the emergence of the idea of cultural pluralism to the lived experiences of a group of Jewish college students and public intellectuals, including the philosopher Horace M. Kallen. These young Jews faced particular challenges as they sought to integrate themselves into the Ameri...

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Main Author: Greene, Daniel, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Series:Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
Subjects:
Harvard Menorah Society (Cambridge, Mass.) > History > 20th century.
Intercollegiate Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Harvard Menorah Society (Cambridge, Mass.)
Intercollegiate Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)
Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)
1900 - 1999
Jewish college students > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Societies, etc.
Jewish college students > United States > Societies, etc.
Jews > United States > Identity.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Jews > United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Cultural pluralism > United States > History > 20th century.
Cultural pluralism
Jewish college students > Societies, etc.
Jews > Cultural assimilation
Jews > Identity
Jews > Intellectual life
Massachusetts > Cambridge
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Kultur Klux Klan or cultural pluralism"
  • The Harvard Menorah Society and the Menorah idea
  • The intercollegiate Menorah Association and the "Jewish invasion" of American colleges
  • Cultural pluralism and its critics
  • Jewish studies in an American setting
  • A pluralist history and culture
  • Pluralism in fiction
  • Epilogue: "The promise of the Menorah idea."

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