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001 2014006586
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050 00 $aE185.615$b.F398 2014
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100 1 $aFernheimer, Janice W.,$d1976-$eauthor.
245 10 $aStepping into Zion :$bHatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the remaking of Jewish identity /$cJanice W. Fernheimer.
264 1 $aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$bThe University Alabama Press,$c[2014]
300 $axi, 204 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRhetoric, culture, and social critique
520 $a"By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question "Who is a Jew?"- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike. Hatzaad Harishon ("The First Step") was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into Zion, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews. Fernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded-both historically and rhetorically-in gaining increased recognition for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms "interruptive invention." Through insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon's archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group's successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. Stepping into Zion offers "interruptive invention" as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question "Who is a Jew?"-- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index.
610 20 $aHatzaad Harishon (Organization)
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xRelations with Jews$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aJews$xIdentity.