How Israel Reshaped Jewish Culture | Big Jewish Ideas | Unpacked

Many Americans define their Judaism culturally rather than religiously. But with Israeli-Jewish influences becoming increasingly prominent, is there still a role for American-Jewish cultural life in the future. Or, to put it another way, will the falafel win over the bagel in the Jewish cultural stakes? We’re getting to the heart of exactly what Jewish culture means and how the American and Israeli versions have developed in parallel to each other.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:28 What is "Jewish culture" (as opposed to "Jewish tradition)?
01:07 Jewish culture in American television
03:00 How does American Jews define their Jewishness?
03:23 Jewish culture in Israel as a national identity
04:09 The "New Jew" and the return to a Hebrew culture, Berdichevsky
04:55 The cultural impact of kibbutzim
05:13 Cultural influence from Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews
05:25 Jewish cultural influence in Israeli pop culture
05:35 Jewish culture in Israeli television
06:10 American-Jewish culture and Israeli culture in parallel
07:04 Outro

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