TY - BOOK ID - 78109242 TI - The Lord's song in a strange land : music and identity in contemporary Jewish worship PY - 2003 SN - 0195347560 9780195347562 9786610704101 6610704104 9780195116779 0195116771 0195116771 0195161815 9780195161816 PB - New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Jews KW - Synagogue music KW - Jewish liturgical music KW - Jewish religious music KW - Jewish sacred music KW - Jewish sacred vocal music KW - Judaism KW - Sacred music KW - History and criticism. KW - Liturgy KW - 78.91 KW - Music KW - History and criticism KW - Massachusetts KW - Boston (Mass.) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78109242 AB - Across the United States, Jews come together every week to sing and pray in a wide variety of worship communities. Through this music, made by and for ordinary folk, these worshippers define and re-define their relationship to the continuity of Jewish tradition and the realities of American life. Combining oral history with an analysis of recordings, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land examines this tradition incontemporary Jewish worship and explores the diverse links between the music and both spiritual and cultural identities. Alive with detail, the book focuses on metropolitan Boston and cov ER -