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Abstract / Summary

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 worshipers 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 in contemporary 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 covers the full range of Jewish communities there, from Hasidim to Jewish college students in a transdenominational setting. It documents a remarkably fluid musical tradition, where melodies are often shared, where sources can be as diverse as Sufi chant, Christmas carols, rock and roll, and Israeli popular music, and where the meaning of a song can change from one block to the next.

Field of Interest

Religion & Thought

Author

Jeffrey A. Summit, fl. 1990

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2003 Oxford University Press

Content Type

General reference book

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2000

Page Count

172

Publication Year

2003

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Place Published / Released

New York, NY

Subject

Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Rituals and Practices, الشعائروالممارسات, Rituels et pratiques, 'Ibādat, Pratiques et rituels, Rituale und Praktiken, טקסים ושיטות עבודה, Rituales y Prácticas, Práticas e Rituais, Boston, MA, Jewish, Worship/Liturgy/Mass, Judaism, Popular Devotions, Jews

Series / Program

American Musicspheres

Keywords and Translated Subjects

الشعائروالممارسات, Rituels et pratiques, 'Ibādat, Pratiques et rituels, Rituale und Praktiken, טקסים ושיטות עבודה, Rituales y Prácticas, Práticas e Rituais