{"product_id":"stepping-into-zion","title":"Stepping Into Zion","description":"By studying  the multiracial Jewish organisation Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer’s \u003cem\u003eStepping into Zion\u003c\/em\u003e considers the question “Who is a Jew?” - a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHatzaad Harishon (“The First Step”) was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organisation that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In \u003cem\u003eStepping into Zion\u003c\/em\u003e, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded - both  historically and rhetorically - in gaining increased recognition  for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms “interruptive invention.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon’s archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group’s successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. \u003cem\u003eStepping into Zion\u003c\/em\u003e offers “interruptive  invention” as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it.","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55318739812696,"sku":"9780817318246","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780817318246_a4e7609e-d5bb-4eb1-9141-3bae7392c15f.jpg?v=1777973430","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stepping-into-zion","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}