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100 1 a| Myers, Jody Elizabeth,d| 1954-2022,e| author.=| ^A1465396;

245 10 a| Eating at God's table :b| how foodways create and sustain Orthodox Jewish communities /c| Jody Myers with Jane Myers ; foreword by Matt Goldish.;

264 1 a| Detroit :b| Wayne State University Press,c| [2023];

300 a| xxvi, 356 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-345) and index.;

505 0 a| 1. Streets Paved with Food: A Portrait of a Kosher Food Hub -- 2. Proper Food, Proper Jews -- 3. Pedagogy and Public Relations -- 4. You Shall Eat Meat -- 5. Feeding Others.;

520 a| "How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How does food symbolize beliefs, sustain and grow communities, and represent commitment to God? Eating at God's Table explores answers and examples from ten years of ethnographic research in the Orthodox enclave in the west Los Angeles Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Author Jody Myers explores the food-centeredness of Orthodox Jewish religious practice and the evolutionary development of today's demanding kosher laws. Opening with four scenarios based on real observations, Myers illustrates how many Orthodox residents' religious beliefs and practices around food are integrated into, even inseparable from, their daily activities. While the shared commitment to the kosher diet creates an overall sense of community, Orthodox sub-affiliations in the neighborhood use foodways to construct smaller, intimate communities, and individuals use food to fashion personal identities within the larger group. This rich exploration of kosher Orthodox foodways and their meanings demonstrates the inadequacy of limited or simple definitions of Orthodox Jewishness and offers insight into the religious diversity in American communities."--Provided by publisher.;

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Eating at God's table : how foodways create and sustain Orthodox Jewish communities / Jody Myers with Jane Myers ; foreword by Matt Goldish.

Author/creator	Myers, Jody Elizabeth author.
Other author	Myers, Jane, author.
Other author	Goldish, Matt, author of foreword.
Format	Book
Publication	Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2023]
Description	xxvi, 356 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Food--Religious aspects. --Judaism. Orthodox Judaism.

Series	Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. ^A402582
Contents	1. Streets Paved with Food: A Portrait of a Kosher Food Hub -- 2. Proper Food, Proper Jews -- 3. Pedagogy and Public Relations -- 4. You Shall Eat Meat -- 5. Feeding Others.
Abstract	"How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How does food symbolize beliefs, sustain and grow communities, and represent commitment to God? Eating at God's Table explores answers and examples from ten years of ethnographic research in the Orthodox enclave in the west Los Angeles Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Author Jody Myers explores the food-centeredness of Orthodox Jewish religious practice and the evolutionary development of today's demanding kosher laws. Opening with four scenarios based on real observations, Myers illustrates how many Orthodox residents' religious beliefs and practices around food are integrated into, even inseparable from, their daily activities. While the shared commitment to the kosher diet creates an overall sense of community, Orthodox sub-affiliations in the neighborhood use foodways to construct smaller, intimate communities, and individuals use food to fashion personal identities within the larger group. This rich exploration of kosher Orthodox foodways and their meanings demonstrates the inadequacy of limited or simple definitions of Orthodox Jewishness and offers insight into the religious diversity in American communities."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-345) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: 9780814349564
ISBN	9780814349540
ISBN	0814349544
ISBN	0814349552
ISBN	9780814349557

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