Finalist, 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought
and Experience, presented by the Jewish Book Council Winner, 2019
Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, in the Jewish Literature and
Linguistics Category, given by the Association for Jewish Studies A
fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role
in shaping modern Jewish culture Unlike the synagogue, the house of
study, the community center, or the Jewish deli, the cafe is rarely
considered a Jewish space. Yet, coffeehouses profoundly influenced
the creation of modern Jewish culture from the mid-nineteenth to
mid-twentieth centuries. With roots stemming from the Ottoman
Empire, the coffeehouse and its drinks gained increasing popularity
in Europe. The "otherness," and the mix of the national and
transnational characteristics of the coffeehouse perhaps explains
why many of these cafes were owned by Jews, why Jews became their
most devoted habitues, and how cafes acquired associations with
Jewishness. Examining the convergence of cafes, their urban milieu,
and Jewish creativity, Shachar M. Pinsker argues that cafes
anchored a silk road of modern Jewish culture. He uncovers a
network of interconnected cafes that were central to the modern
Jewish experience in a time of migration and urbanization, from
Odessa, Warsaw, Vienna, and Berlin to New York City and Tel Aviv. A
Rich Brew explores the Jewish culture created in these social
spaces, drawing on a vivid collection of newspaper articles,
memoirs, archival documents, photographs, caricatures, and artwork,
as well as stories, novels, and poems in many languages set in
cafes. Pinsker shows how Jewish modernity was born in the cafe,
nourished, and sent out into the world by way of print, politics,
literature, art, and theater. What was experienced and created in
the space of the coffeehouse touched thousands who read, saw, and
imbibed a modern culture that redefined what it meant to be a Jew
in the world.
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