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Over half of all American Jewish children are being raised by intermarried parents. This demographic group will have a tremendous impact on American Judaism as it is lived and practiced in the coming decades. To date, however, in both academic studies about Judaism and in the popular imagination, such children and their parents remain marginal. Jennifer A. Thompson takes a different approach. In Jewish on Their Own Terms, she tells the stories of intermarried couples, the rabbis and other Jewish educators who work with them, and the conflicting public conversations about intermarriage among American Jews. Thompson notes that in the dominant Jewish cultural narrative, intermarriage symbolizes individualism and assimilation. Talking about intermarriage allows American Jews to discuss their anxieties about remaining distinctively Jewish despite their success in assimilating into American culture. In contrast, Thompson uses ethnography to describe the compelling concerns of all of these parties and places their anxieties firmly within the context of American religious culture and morality. She explains how American and traditional Jewish gender roles converge to put non-Jewish women in charge of raising Jewish children. Interfaith couples are like other Americans in often harboring contradictory notions of individual autonomy, universal religious truths, and obligations to family and history. Focusing on the lived experiences of these families, Jewish on Their Own Terms provides a complex and insightful portrait of intermarried couples and the new forms of American Judaism that they are constructing.

Interfaith marriage -- United States. --- Intermarriage -- United States. --- Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States. --- Jews -- United States -- Identity. --- Judaism -- United States -- 21st century. --- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. --- Interfaith marriage --- Intermarriage --- Jews --- Marriage --- Judaism --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Family & Marriage --- Religions --- Semites --- American Jews --- Jewish Americans --- Married life --- Matrimony --- Nuptiality --- Wedlock --- Love --- Sacraments --- Betrothal --- Courtship --- Families --- Home --- Honeymoons --- Marriage, Mixed --- Mixed marriage --- Intermarriage, Religious --- Interreligious marriage --- Religious intermarriage --- Identity --- Religious aspects --- Cultural assimilation --- History --- Religion --- Marriages of u201cassimilatedu201d Jews. --- Marriages of u201cassimilatedu201d Jews.

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Illumination of books and manuscripts, European --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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Art styles --- Painting --- easel paintings [paintings by form] --- Modern [style or period] --- art collections --- Impressionist [style] --- Museum of Art [Philadelphia, Pa] --- anno 1800-1999 --- Europe

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manuscripten --- miniaturen --- verluchtingen --- Philadelphia --- Philadelphia. --- Enluminure medievale --- Enluminure des livres et des manuscrits (de la renaissance) --- Collections publiques --- Philadelphie (etats-unis) --- Expositions

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""Mary Cassatt at Work" examines Cassatt's concern for modern women, as revealed in her sensitive depictions of the social, intellectual, and working lives of the women she encountered as a professional artist. From early on, Cassatt was recognized for her intimate depictions of women and children. Less often mentioned is her frequent emphasis on the work of child-rearing in these scenes, whether performed by hired help or mothers themselves. Much the same can be said for Cassatt's portrayal of other traditionally feminine activities, such as embroidering, reading, or making social appearances: Cassatt's female subjects are always actively engaged-often engrossed-in what they are doing. The catalogue will offer a robust survey of her artistic practice and argue for the importance of Cassatt's interest in the "serious work" of both art-making and the traditionally undervalued spheres of feminized activity. Across her scenes of women and children, Cassatt emphasized the place of paid and unpaid work in the world around her. At the same time, her evolving style continually prompts viewers to consider the intensive effort involved in her own rigorous practice of oil painting, intaglio printmaking, and pastel drawing. Together, the essays present new findings about the material and technical labor of Cassatt's art-making, and connect these insights to her subject matter and carefully constructed professional identity as a working artist. Through a combination of thematic, historical, and technical essays, the catalogue places Cassatt's professionalism in the context of her biography and the wider social contexts of Parisian modernity"--

Impressionism (Art) --- Cassatt, Mary, --- Art --- paintings [visual works] --- drawings [visual works] --- prints [visual works] --- pastels [visual works] --- Impressionist [style] --- Cassatt, Mary