No small matter : features of Jewish childhood /

Visiting five continents and covering 220 years, our journey into modern Jewish childhood begins with birth and ends at the time of bar or bat mitzvah. Jewish children, their history and their images, are described by scholars from the fields of demography, history, linguistics, film studies, litera...

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Other Authors: Helman, Anat (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 32.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Visiting five continents and covering 220 years, our journey into modern Jewish childhood begins with birth and ends at the time of bar or bat mitzvah. Jewish children, their history and their images, are described by scholars from the fields of demography, history, linguistics, film studies, literature, religious studies, and psychology. Among the questions they probe are: How did Jewish children experience immigration? What did they contribute to modern ethnic and national Jewish cultures? What was their fate during times of war? In the aftermath of war, how did they go about rebuilding thei.
Item Description:"The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 313 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780197577325
0197577326
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0197577318
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0197577334
ISSN:0740-8625 ;