Painted pomegranates and needlepoint rabbis: how Jews craft resilience and create community
"Exploring a contemporary Judaism of feeling, one rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes us inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement. Traveling across the country to homes, craft conventions, synagogue knitting circles, and craftivist a...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Eichler-Levine, Jodi, Painted pomegranates and needlepoint rabbis] (2021) (Umansky, Ellen M.)
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| Series/Journal: | Where religion lives
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Jews
/ Craft
/ Handicraft
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| Further subjects: | B
Handicraft
Social aspects (United States)
B Jews (United States) Identity B Handicraft (United States) Religious aspects B Jewish crafts (United States) |
| Summary: | "Exploring a contemporary Judaism of feeling, one rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes us inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement. Traveling across the country to homes, craft conventions, synagogue knitting circles, and craftivist actions, she joins in the making, asking questions, and contemplating her own family stories. From Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh to the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, Jewish Americans, many of them women, are creating ritual challah covers and prayer shawls, and metal, clay, or ink pieces for family, friends, or Jewish charities. But they are doing much more, Eichler-Levine shows: armed with perhaps only a needle and thread, they are reckoning with Jewish identity in a fragile and dangerous world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469660636 |