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Auteur(s) : Plaut, Johua Eli
Titre(s) : A Kosher Christmas [Texte imprimé] : 'tis the season to be Jewish / Joshua Eli Plaut
Publication : New Brunswick (N.J.) : Rutgers University Press, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : xvii, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Coping with Christmas: a multitude of Jewish responses ; Coming to the New World:
can the American Jew keep Christmas? ; Hanukkah comes of age: the new Jewish Christmas
; We eat Chinese food on Christmas ; "'Twas the night before Hanukkah" : remaking
Christmas through parody and popular culture ; The Christmas Mitzvah: 'tis the season
to be giving ; Chrismukkah and Festivus: holidays for the rest of us ; Menorahs
next to Madonnas: shaping the future of Christmas in America.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-199) and index
Christmas is not everybody's favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether
participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude
of unique strategies to respond to the holiday season. Their response is a mixed one:
do we participate, try to ignore the holiday entirely, or create our own traditions
and make the season an enjoyable time? This book, on the subject of Jews and Christmas
in the United States, portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character
of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season belonging to all
Americans. Creative and innovative in approaching the holiday season, these responses
range from composing America's most beloved Christmas songs, transforming Hanukkah
into the Jewish Christmas, creating a national Jewish tradition of patronizing Chinese
restaurants and comedy shows on Christmas Eve, volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens
on Christmas Day, dressing up as Santa Claus to spread good cheer, campaigning to
institute Hanukkah postal stamps, and blending holiday traditions into an interfaith
hybrid celebration called "Chrismukkah" or creating a secularized holiday such as
Festivus. Through these venerated traditions and alternative Christmastime rituals,
Jews publicly assert and proudly proclaim their Jewish and American identities to
fashion a universally shared message of joy and hope for the holiday season
Sujet(s) : Noël -- États-Unis
Juifs -- États-Unis -- Moeurs et coutumes
Hanoukka -- États-Unis
Moeurs et coutumes -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813553795 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0813553792 (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780813553801 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0813553806 (pbk.) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780813553818 (e-book). - ISBN 0813553814 (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42798370r
Notice n° :
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