Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America

by Jeffrey Shandler

Book Overview

A pioneering examination of the impact of new communications technologies and media practices on the religious life of American Jewry

Engaging media has been an ongoing issue for American Jews, as it has been for other religious communities in the United States, for several generations. Shandler's examples range from early recordings of cantorial music to Hasidic outreach on the Internet. In between he explores mid-twentieth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740685
• ISBN13: 9780814740682
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"