Encounters with the "Holy Land" Place, Past and Future in American Jewish Culture.

Shandler, Jeffrey and Wenger, Beth S., edited by.

ISBN 10: 1891507001 / ISBN 13: 9781891507007

Published by National Museum of American Jewishn History; The Center for Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania; and the University of Pennsylvania Library in Association with Brandeis University Press, Hanover, NH, 1997

About this Item

Royal octavo, paper covers, 104 pp., b/w and color photos, catlog of the objects used in the exhibit. Articles are, "'The Site of Paradise": The Holy Land in American Jewish Imagination," Jeffrey Schandler and Beth S. Wenger, "Celebrating Zion in America," Arthur A. Gorne, "A Place in the World: Jews and the Holy Land at World's Fairs," Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Encounters with the "Holy Land" Place, Past and Future in American Jewish Culture.
• Publisher: National Museum of American Jewishn History; The Center for Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania; and the University of Pennsylvania Library in Association with Brandeis University Press, Hanover, NH
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891507001
• ISBN 13: 9781891507007
• Binding: Softbound
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Three essays illuminate American interpretations of the "holy land" by examining American tourism and travel to pre-state Israel, the representation of the holy land in exhibitions and world fairs, and the symbols and the public culture of American Zionism.

About the Author

JEFFREY SHANDLER is a Dorot Teaching Fellow at the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. BETH S. WENGER is Katz Family Chair in American Jewish History, University of Pennsylvania.

The book also contains essays by BARBARA KIRSHENBLATT-GIMBLETT, Professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and ARTHUR A. GOREN, Russell and Bettina Knapp Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University.