Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish
Studies-an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today
American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in
recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has
witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past
forty years, and many who remain active struggle to reconcile their
hallowed traditions with new perspectives-from feminism and the
LGBTQ movement to "do-it-yourself religion" and personally defined
spirituality. Taking a fresh look at American Judaism today, Jack
Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to
discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion
in this radically altered landscape. Which observances still
resonate, and which ones have been given new meaning? What options
are available for seekers or those dissatisfied with conventional
forms of Judaism? And how are synagogues responding? Offering new
and often-surprising answers to these questions, Wertheimer reveals
an American Jewish landscape that combines rash disruption and
creative reinvention, religious illiteracy and dynamic
experimentation.
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