Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, Sharon Avni

Hebrew Infusion

Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps

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Produktbeschreibung

“Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Sentences like this abound at Jewish summer camps around North America, alongside Hebrew songs, games, and signs. Through insightful analysis and engaging writing, Hebrew Infusion explains the origins of this phenomenon and what it says about Jewishness in America.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9780813588735
• ISBN-10: 0813588731
• Artikelnr.: 57977019

Autorenporträt

Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan B. Krasner, and Sharon Avni

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I   Past
1          Hebrew Infusion in American Jewish Summer Camps, 1900-1990
2          Camp Massad in the Poconos and the Rise and Fall of Hebrew
Immersion Camping
3          Camp Ramah: A Transition from Immersion to Infusion
Part II  Present
4          A Flexible Signifier: Diversity in Hebrew Infusion and Ideology
5          The Building Blocks of Infusion
6          “Sign” Language: Visual Displays of Hebrew and Jewish Space
7          Bringing Israel to Camp: Israeli Emissaries and Hebrew
8          Conflicting Ideologies of Hebrew Use
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index