The Jews of summer summer camp and Jewish culture in postwar America Summer camp and Jewish culture in postwar America Fox, Sandra 1988- creator author. text bibliography History cau 2023 monographic eng print xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to preserve and produce what they considered authentic Jewish culture, fearful that growing affluence and suburbanization threatened the future of Jewish life. Many communal educators and rabbis contended that without educational interventions, Judaism as they understood it would disappear altogether. They pinned their hopes on residential summer camps for Jewish youth: institutions that sprang up across the U.S. in the postwar decades as places for children and teenagers to socialize, recreate, and experience Jewish culture. Adults' fears, hopes, and dreams about the Jewish future inflected every element of camp life, from the languages they taught to what was encouraged romantically and permitted sexually. But adult plans did not constitute everything that occurred at camp: children and teenagers also shaped these sleepaway camps to mirror their own desires and interests and decided whether to accept or resist the ideas and ideologies their camp leaders promoted. Focusing on the lived experience of campers and camp counselors, The Jews of Summer demonstrates how a cultural crisis birthed a rite of passage that remains a significant influence in American Jewish life"-- Introduction : the Jewish camp : between fantasy and reality -- "Under optimum conditions" : American Jews and the rise of the summer camp -- A matter of time : constructing time for "creative survival" -- Jews playing games : role-play, sociodrama, and color war -- "A little suffering goes a long way" : Tisha B'Av, Ghetto Day, and the shadow of the Holocaust -- The language cure : embracing and evolving Yiddishism and Hebraism -- "Is this what you call being free?" : power and youth culture in the camper republic -- Summer flings and fuzzy rings : camper romance, erotic Zionism, and intermarriage anxiety -- Jewish camping post-postwar. Sandra Fox. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Jewish camps United States History 20th century Jewish youth Recreation United States History 20th century Jews United States Social life and customs 20th century United States Social life and customs 1945-1970 United States Social life and customs 1971- Colonies de vacances juives États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Jeunesse juive Loisirs États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Juifs États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1945-1970 États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1971- Jewish camps Jews Social life and customs Manners and customs United States Since 1900 fast BM135 .F69 2023 796.54/22 Jews of summer Fox, Sandra. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 (DLC) 2022019303 Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture 9781503632936 1503632938 9781503633889 1503633888 9781503633896 2022019302 CSt/DLC 220419 20241108181247.5 in00004606964 eng