American Judaism in popular culture
By: editors, Leonard J. Greenspoon, Ronald A. Simkins.
Contributors: Greenspoon, Leonard J.; Simkins, Ronald.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Studies in Jewish civilization -- v. 17
Publisher: Creighton University Press; Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Omaha, NE; Lincoln, NE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Jews in popular culture -- United States; Jews -- United States -- Identity; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Popular culture -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
Table of contents: title: Harness my Zebras : American Jews and the pursuit of pleasure / Jenna Weissman Joselit; title: Picturing prejudice in Hollywood's first films about Anti-Semitism / Lawrence Baron; title: Hollywood, the Holocaust, and World War II  / Steven Alan Carr; title: David of Hollywood : Israelite king or American superhero / G. Andrew Tooze; title: Hang Hitler! : The Three Stooges take potshots at Nazis / Lynn Rapaport; title: A passion for words for the witty : S. J. Perelman, Jewish-American satirist  / Thomas A. Kuhlman; title: From Sholem Aleichem to Harvey Fierstein and Wendy Wasserstein : love makes a family and history in Jewish-American performance / Ben Furnish; title: Muggers in black coats : the alleged hijacking of American Judaism / Nora L. Rubel; title: The crowning of a Jewish Jordan : Tamir Goodman, the American sports media, and Modern Orthodox Jewry's fantasy world / Jeffrey S. Gurock; title: Tchotchkes : a study of popular culture in tangible form / Judith S. Neulander; title: From Mr. Hankey to The Hebrew Hammer : Hanukkah in pop culture  / Dan W. Clanton, Jr.; title: Absolutely Kosher music : The story of American Jews in Rock and Roll / Steven Horowitz; title: Oh Mama, could this really be the end : the apocalyptic Bob Dylan / Dereck Daschke; title: Not aways a laughing matter : Jews and Judaism in the comic strips / Leonard J. Greenspoon