Mishpachah / edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon.

• TeilnehmendeR: Greenspoon, Leonard J.
• Place / Publishing House: West Lafayette, Indiana : : Purdue University Press,, [2016]; ©2016
• Udgivelsesår: 2016
• Udgivelse: 1st ed.
• Sprog: English
• Serier: Studies in Jewish civilization ; 27.
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource (291 pages).
• Kommentarer: Contains papers presented at the 27th Annual Klutznick-Harris-Schwalb Symposium, October 26-27, 2014, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dictionary definitions of the term mishpachah are seemingly straightforward: “A Jewish family or social unit including close and distant relatives—sometimes also close friends.” As accurate as such definitions are, they fail to capture the diversity and vitality of real, flesh-and-blood Jewish famil...