{"product_id":"material-culture-and-jewish-thought-in-america-9780253221834","title":"Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow Jews think about and work with objects is the subject of this fascinating study of the interplay between material culture and Jewish thought. Ken Koltun-Fromm draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to portray the vibrancy and richness of Jewish practice in America. His analyses of Mordecai Kaplan's obsession with journal writing, Joseph Soloveitchik's urban religion, Abraham Joshua Heschel's fascination with objects in \u003ci\u003eThe Sabbath, \u003c\/i\u003eand material identity in the works of Anzia Yezierska, Cynthia Ozick, Bernard Malamud, and Philip Roth, as well as Jewish images on the covers of \u003ci\u003eLilith\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and in the \u003ci\u003eJazz Singer\u003c\/i\u003e films, offer a groundbreaking approach to an understanding of modern Jewish thought and its relation to American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Koltun-Fromm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253221834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Koltun-Fromm is Professor of Religion at Haverford College and author of \u003ci\u003eMoses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2001), winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award for Philosophy and Thought, and \u003ci\u003eAbraham Geiger's Liberal Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39988424081523,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_445a1694-4fc3-4e76-af95-941fe6f2e993.jpg?v=1649771557","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/material-culture-and-jewish-thought-in-america-9780253221834","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}