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The Uses of Tradition: Jewish Continuity in the Modern Era
Written by author Jack Wertheimer
Published by Harvard University Press, 2/1/1993
How have modern Jews appropriated traditional aspects of their culture and religion to sustain them in the modern world? Twenty-one distinguished scholars address this question by drawing on a range of disciplines: social and cultural history, ethnography

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Pt. I The Confrontation of Traditionalists With Modernity 1

1 German Jewish Orthodoxy: Tradition in the Context of Culture 5

2 The Emergence of Ultra-Orthodoxy: The Invention of a Tradition 23

3 Preserving Tradition in the Land of Revolution: The Religious Leadership of Soviet Jewry, 1917-1930 85

4 Religious Responses among North African Jews in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 119

5 The Hazon Ish: Haredi Critic of Traditional Orthodoxy 145

6 The Lost Kiddush Cup: Changes in Ashkenazic Haredi Culture - A Tradition in Crisis 175

Pt. II The Retrieval of Tradition in Modern Jewish Culture 187

7 Traditionalism and Village Jews in Nineteenth-Century Western and Central Europe: Local Persistence and Urban Nostalgia 191

8 Self-image through Objects: Toward a Social History of Jewish Art Collecting and Jewish Museums 203

9 S. Ansky and the Paradigm of Return 243

10 Modern Students of Midrash Halakhah: Between Tradition and Wissenschaft 261

11 The Retrieval of Innocence and Tradition: Jewish Spiritual Renewal in an Age of Liberal Individualism 279

12 'Merry Chanuka': The Changing Holiday Practices of American Jews, 1880-1950 303

Pt. III The Reappropriation of Tradition in Contemporary Judaism 327

13 Reinventing Miriam's Well: Feminist Jewish Ceremonials 331

14 Ritual and Role Transition: Adult Bat Mitzvah as a Successful Rite of Passage 349

15 Midrash and Modernity: Can Midrash Serve a Contemporary Religious Discourse? 377

16 The Havurah as a Context for Adult Jewish Education 393

17 Tradition, Judaism, and the Jewish Religion in Contemporary Israeli Society 411

18 Constructing the Usable Past: The Idea of 'Tradition' in Twentieth-Century American Judaism 429

Conclusion: When Modern Jews Appropriate From the Tradition: A Symposium 463

Tradition and Modernity Reconsidered 465

The Reappropriation of Jewish Tradition in the Modern Era 471

Postmodern or Neo-Medieval Times? 479

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	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
	Contributors
Pt. I	The Confrontation of Traditionalists With Modernity	1
1	German Jewish Orthodoxy: Tradition in the Context of Culture	5
2	The Emergence of Ultra-Orthodoxy: The Invention of a Tradition	23
3	Preserving Tradition in the Land of Revolution: The Religious Leadership of Soviet Jewry, 1917-1930	85
4	Religious Responses among North African Jews in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	119
5	The Hazon Ish: Haredi Critic of Traditional Orthodoxy	145
6	The Lost Kiddush Cup: Changes in Ashkenazic Haredi Culture - A Tradition in Crisis	175
Pt. II	The Retrieval of Tradition in Modern Jewish Culture	187
7	Traditionalism and Village Jews in Nineteenth-Century Western and Central Europe: Local Persistence and Urban Nostalgia	191
8	Self-image through Objects: Toward a Social History of Jewish Art Collecting and Jewish Museums	203
9	S. Ansky and the Paradigm of Return	243
10	Modern Students of Midrash Halakhah: Between Tradition and Wissenschaft	261
11	The Retrieval of Innocence and Tradition: Jewish Spiritual Renewal in an Age of Liberal Individualism	279
12	'Merry Chanuka': The Changing Holiday Practices of American Jews, 1880-1950	303
Pt. III	The Reappropriation of Tradition in Contemporary Judaism	327
13	Reinventing Miriam's Well: Feminist Jewish Ceremonials	331
14	Ritual and Role Transition: Adult Bat Mitzvah as a Successful Rite of Passage	349
15	Midrash and Modernity: Can Midrash Serve a Contemporary Religious Discourse?	377
16	The Havurah as a Context for Adult Jewish Education	393
17	Tradition, Judaism, and the Jewish Religion in Contemporary Israeli Society	411
18	Constructing the Usable Past: The Idea of 'Tradition' in Twentieth-Century American Judaism	429
	Conclusion: When Modern Jews Appropriate From the Tradition: A Symposium	463
	Tradition and Modernity Reconsidered	465
	The Reappropriation of Jewish Tradition in the Modern Era	471
	Postmodern or Neo-Medieval Times?	479