The Impact of the Holocaust in America

Description

The contributions to this volume consider topics such as the immigrant experience in coming to America after the trauma of the Holocaust; how the Shoah has shaped more recent interpretation of the Hebrew Bible; the role that survivors have fulfilled in educating American youth not only about the Holocaust itself, but also about how values - especially in regard to tolerance - can and must be shaped by eye-witness testimony on the Shoah; the impact of Holocaust in film, especially in "third-generation" cinema; the issues and difficulties of presenting the Shoah in children's literature; the dialogue between Christians and Jews, especially in America, and how that dialogue has been constructively influenced and shaped by the Holocaust; the way in which Jewish business activities have altered in the post-World War II environment and in the aftermath of the Holocaust and how the lessons of the Shoah have facilitated the change from nationalist to global economy; how the image and awareness of the Holocaust developed in the American media. For all the range that these articles encompass, throughout them all runs a common theme: that the Holocaust has indelibly marked almost every aspect of American culture. We cannot think of America, American ideals and values, America's role in the world today and the future of America in an increasingly dangerous world, without recognizing that the Shoah casts a long shadow across all these concerns and serves as one of the primary points of horrific historical reference by which we, as Americans, must measure ourselves.
FOREWORD

From Case File to Testimony: Reconstructing Survivors’ First Years in America, by Beth Cohen

Survivors as Teachers, by Michael Berenbaum, in collaboration with Martin Goldman, Linda Hurwitz, Rositta Kenignsberg, Dale Daniels, Barbara Appelbaum, Noreen Brand and Miriam Klein Kassenoff

A Jewish Perspective on the Global Economic Revolution in a Post-Holocaust World, by Steven Windmueller

Bringing the Holocaust to America, by Richard Libowitz

Imagining the Shoah in American Third Generation Cinema, by Lawrence Baron

Thou Shalt Teach It to Thy Children: What American Jewish Children’s Literature Teaches about the Holocaust, by Peter J. Haas and Lee W. Haas

The Impact of the Shoah on Jewish-Christian Relations, by Steven Leonard Jacobs

Post-Shoah Theology and Jewish Biblical Interpretation in America, by Marvin A. Sweeney

A Citadel Fitly Constructed: Philo-Semitism and the Making of an American Holocaust Conference, by Zev Garber

Association for Jewish Studies Conference, 2006: A Response, by Marc A. Krell

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Sujets

• Jewish Studies
• Social Science
• Judaism

Informations

• Publié par: Purdue University Press
• Date de parution: 24 mai 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781612496634
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

The Impact of the Holocaust in America

The Jewish Role in American Life

An Annual Review

The Impact of the Holocaust in America

The Jewish Role in American Life

Pubîshed by he Purdue Unîversîy Press for he USC Casden ïnsîue for he Sudy of he Jewîsh Roe în Amerîcan îfe

An Annual Review

Volume 6

Bruce Zuckerman,Edior Zev Garber,Gues Edior Jeremy Schoenberg,Associae Edior îsa Anse,Associae Edior

© 2008 by he Unîversîy of Souhern Caîfornîa Casden ïnsîue for he Sudy of he Jewîsh Roe în Amerîcan îfe. A rîghs reserved.

Producion Edior, Marîyn undberg

Cover poo: Sudens—încudîng Hoocaus survîvors—în an Engîsh anguage cass pedge aegîance o he ag. Unied Saes Holocaus Memorial Museum, Couresy o Hilda Wiener Raner

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FOREWORD

Beth Cohen From Case Fîe o esîmony: Reconsrucîng Survîvors’ Fîrs Years în Amerîca

Michael Berenbaum in collaboration with Martin Goldman, Linda Hurwitz, Rositta Kenignsberg, Dale Daniels, Barbara Appelbaum, Noreen Brand and Miriam Klein Kassenof Survîvors as eachers

Steven Windmueller A Jewîsh Perspecîve on he Goba Economîc Revouîon în a Pos-Hoocaus Word

Richard Libowitz Brîngîng he Hoocaus o Amerîca

Lawrence Baron ïmagînîng he Shoah în Amerîcan hîrd Generaîon Cînema

Peter J. Haas and Lee W. Haas hou Sa Teac ï o hy Cîdren: Wa Amerîcan Jewîs Cîdren’s îeraure Teaces abou e Hoocaus

Steven Leonard Jacobs he ïmpac o e Soa on Jewîs-Crîsîan Reaîons

Marvin A. Sweeney Pos-Soa heoogy and Jewîs Bîbîca ïnerpreaîon în Amerîca

Zev Garber A Cîade Fîy Consruced: Pîo-Semîîsm and e Makîng o an Amerîcan Hoocaus Conerence

Marc A. Krell Assocîaîon or Jewîs Sudîes Conerence, 2006: A Response

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ïn pas voumes of he CasdenAnnual Review, he annua pubîcaîon of he Casden ïnsîue for he Sudy of he Jewîsh Roe în Amerîcan îfe, he edî- ors have aways rîed o cas as wîde a ne as possîbe. For exampe, în our îmmedîaey precedîng voume (Voume 5), we pubîshed arîces consîderîng poîîcs, vaues, ar and îmage, educaîon, and demographîcs as hey împac upon Jewîsh cuure în Amerîca and especîay în he Amerîcan wes.hus, e prevîous voumes o eAnnual Reviewave aways ad a endency o be bo ececîc and compreensîve—wî eîr aîm beîng o consîder a broad gamu o subjecs reevan o e maîn concerns o e Casden ïnsîue. Wî îs voume (Voume 6) we ave decîded o ake a dîferen edîo- rîa ack: o ocus însead on a sînge opîc and o presen arîces a argey consîder aspecs o îs opîc aone. he opîc we ave cosen îs one a, on e one and, may seem îgy amîîar, sînce î îs a we-raveed and we- consîdered area o îneres în Jewîs sudîes; îndeed arguabye opicîn mod- ern Jewîs oug: e Hoocaus or Soa. On e oer and, our aîm în îs voume îs o consîder e Soa rom a perspecîve a as been argey unexpored în e îeraure and, no ony a, îs parîcuary approprîae o e Casden ïnsîue’s area o îneres: namey, e împac o e Hoocausin America. ïn order o pursue îs opîc în e mos efecîve manner, ï ave în- vîed Zev Garber, my ong îme rîend, coeague and coaboraor on numer- ous projecs, o serve as gues edîor or îs voume. Zev as aways sown an excepîona abîîy o pu academîc projecs ogeer în a number o scoary areas reevan o Jewîs sudîes wî a creaîvîy a îs empered wî e bes edîorîa judgmen. ï was conIden a, wî Zev în carge, we woud brîng îno eAnnual Reviewîneresîng mîx o arîces a woud aow us o an expore îs ess amîîar aspec o Soa sudîes and make î come aîve or us. As you wî see, as you read e arîces we presen ere, e as more an uIed îs expecaîon. Zev used e occasîon o îs voume o convene a specîa sessîon a e Annua Conerence o e Assocîaîon or Jewîs Sudîes on December 17–19, 2006 în San Dîego, brîngîng ogeer a group o ousandîng scoars o presen

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papers on he împac of he Shoah în Amerîca.he Casden ïnsîue was proud o serve as a sponsor or îs specîa sessîon, wîc, by any measure, was a grea success. Mos o e arîces a consîue Voume 6 o eAnnual Reviewwere orîgînay read a îs scoary meeîng. We ave aso încuded a sor response o ree o e sudîes a was gîven a e meeîng by one o e parîcîpans. ïn many respecs we ave been abe o oow e ececîc endencîes ypîca o earîer voumes wîe sî maînaînîng a ocus on our basîc eme. hus, arîces ereîn consîder opîcs suc as e îmmîgran experîence în comîng o Amerîca ater e rauma o e Hoocaus; ow e Soa as saped more re- cen înerpreaîon o e Hebrew Bîbe; e roe a survîvors ave uIed în educaîng Amerîcan you no ony abou e Hoocaus îse, bu aso abou ow vaues—especîay în regard o oerance—can and mus be saped by eye- wîness esîmony on e Soa; e împac o Hoocaus în Im, especîay în “îrd-generaîon” cînema; e îssues and dîicuîes o presenîng e Soa în cîdren’s îeraure; e dîaogue beween Crîsîans and Jews, especîay în Amerîca, and ow a dîaogue as been consrucîvey înLuenced and saped by e Hoocaus; e way în wîc Jewîs busîness acîvîîes ave aered în e pos-Word War ïï envîronmen and în e aterma o e Hoocaus, and ow e essons o e Soa ave acîîaed e cange rom naîonaîs o goba economy; ow e îmage and awareness o e Hoocaus deveoped în e Amerîcan medîa. Ye or a e range a ese arîces encompass, rougou em a runs a common eme: a e Hoocaus as îndeîby marked amos every aspec o Amerîcan cuure. ïndeed, we canno înk o Amerîca, Amerîcan îdeas and vaues, Amerîca’s roe în e word oday and e uure o Amerîca în an încreasîngy dangerous word, wîou recognîz- îng a e Soa cass a ong sadow across a ese concerns and serves as one o e prîmary poîns o orrîIc îsorîca reerence by wîc we, as Amerîcans, mus measure ourseves. ïn any efor suc as e Casden ïnsîue’sAnnual Review, ere are many peope wo ave made îs voume possîbe. Zev Garber and ï, în our roes as edîors, are graeu o em a. Fîrs among ese îs Aan Casden îm- se, wo aways keeps a cose eye on e work we do on îs voume, no ony o însure a î maînaîns e îges sandards o academîc exceence, bu a e arîces are aso reevan and undersandabe o readers beyond e scoary communîy wo care abou Jewîs cuure în Amerîca. ï aso wan o sînge ou Ru Zîeger, wose enusîasîc suppor o e Casden ïnsîue as made so many aspecs o our work possîbe, încudîng îs voume. Se îs e Casden ïnsîue’s bes rîend. We ave aso receîved soîd suppor rom e

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USC admînîsraîon, especîay he Unîversîy’s Presîden, Seven B. Sampe, he Provos, C. . Max Nîkîas, and he Dean of he Coege of eers, Ars & Scîences, Howard Gîman. Susan Wîcox, Dîrecor of Deveopmen for Coege Advancemen, has been he one o whom ï have oten urned when ï have an îdea ha needs carefu hough and consîderaîon. ï can aways rey upon her for a frank opînîon and a eîng însîgh, wîhou whîch hîs voume woud be much he poorer. îsa Anse, who came în over he as year as he new Assocîae Dîrecor of he Casden ïnsîue, has devoed many, many hours o he carefu readîng of he arîces în Voume 6. Her commens and edîs have been învauabe—as îndeed she has proven învauabe în shapîng a aspecs of he Casden ïnsîue’s deveopmen over he as year and a haf. Marîyn undberg, my coeague în so many endeavors, has done her usua poîshed job on a aspecs of he producîon of Voume 6. Fînay, ï reserve he as word for he former Assîsan Dîrecor of he Casden ïnsîue, Jeremy Schoenberg. Jeremy, as he sayîng goes, was “kîcked upsaîrs” as year and now works în he Provos’s oice a USC. Bu before he et he Casden ïnsîue, he devoed învauabe îme and energy o he edîîng of mos every arîce ha appears în Voume 6. Hîs carefu edîorîa work aîd he foundaîon for hîs voume, and ï wî be graefu o hîm no ony for hîs, bu aso for he many îmes he has aîded me (and sî conînues o aîd me) în foserîng he growh of he Casden ïnsîue. o hîm ï woud îke o dedîcae hîs voume.

Bruce Zuckerman,Myron and Marian Casden Direcor