American Post-Judaism: Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society

How do American Jews identify as both Jewish and American? American Post-Judaism argues that Zionism and the Holocaust, two anchors of contemporary American Jewish identity, will no longer be centers of identity formation for future generations of American Jews. Shaul Magid articulates a new, post-ethnic American Jewishness. He discusses pragmatism and spirituality, monotheism and post-monotheism, Jesus, Jewish law, sainthood and self-realization, and the meaning of the Holocaust for those who have never known survivors. Magid presents Jewish Renewal as a movement that takes this radical cultural transition seriously in its strivings for a new era in Jewish thought and practice.

Author: Shaul Magid
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/09/2013
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780253008022

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2013

About the Author

Shaul Magid is Jay and Jeannie Schottenstein Professor of Jewish Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of From Metaphysics to Midrash (IUP, 2008).