How to Become Jewish Americans?

Magdalena Ewa Bier studied American Studies and Mass Communication in Mainz and Louisville (USA). She completed her PhD in Mainz and is currently working at the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology. Eastern European Jewish culture in the US remains a special interest.

• Contents: Characteristics and content of the advice column A Bintel Brief in the Yiddish newspaper Forverts in New York – Critical analysis of the language used in A Bintel Brief – Americanization of Yiddish/American mainstream culture and Eastern European traditions in the American Jewish community – Changing roles and values in Jewish family life – Personal relationships in the Eastern European Jewish community in the USA – Labor market, unionism and socialism in the Eastern European Jewish community in the United States – Religious performance of Eastern European Jews in the United States.