Stepping into Zion - Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity (Hardcover, 4th)

By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question Who is a Jew?-- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike.
Hatzaad Harishon (The First Step) was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into Zion, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have
critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews.
Fernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded--both historically and rhetorically--in gaining increased recognition for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms interruptive invention.
Through insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon's archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group's successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. Stepping into Zion offers interruptive invention as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it.

General

Imprint:	The University of Alabama Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	October 2014
Authors:	Janice W. Fernheimer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	232
Edition:	4th
ISBN-13:	978-0-8173-1824-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-8173-1824-0
Barcode:	9780817318246

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