Coping with life and death
Subtitle: Jewish families in the twentieth century
By: edited by Peter Y. Medding.
Contributors: Medding, Peter.; Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.
Series: Studies in contemporary Jewry,; 14
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Jewish families -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Book reviews; Jews -- History -- Book reviews; Jewish literature -- Book reviews; Judaism -- 20th century -- Book reviews; Israel -- Book reviews
Genres: Congresses.; Book reviews.
Description: How has the Jewish family changed over the course of the twentieth century? How has it remained the same? How do Jewish families see themselves - historically, socially, politically, and economically - and how would they like to be seen by others? This book presents a variety of perspectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Papers presented at a symposium.