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"We have answered their prayer" — American Jewish old age homes as guardians of religious tradition
Author(s)	Edna Friedberg
Journal title	Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 29, nos 2-3, April-September 2017
Publisher	Taylor and Francis, April-September 2017
Pages	pp 147-163
Source	http://tandf.com
Keywords	Care homes ; Jewish [elderly] ; Religious voluntary organisations ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Historical studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	The old age home was the major American Jewish communal response to aged poverty during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first homes offered a self-conscious projection of their sponsors as socially progressive and compassionate in a new landscape. For a religious community increasingly distanced from formal hierarchies of traditional religious practice, the highly visible performance of good deeds under explicitly Jewish auspices became central to its communal identity. Acting on a combination of compassion and the perceived moral imperative of providing a Jewish environment, the founders and supporters of these homes recast Judaism and Jewish identity through an idealised image of aged piety. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-171020219 A
Classmark	KW: F:TKS: PN: EX: HL: 7T
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