Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites - Decter, Avi Y.
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Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites begins with a broad overview of American Jewish history in the context of a religious culture than extends back more than 3,000 years and which manifests itself in a variety of distinctive American forms. Five chapters examine key themes in American Jewish history: movement, home life, community, prejudice, and culture. Each thematic chapter is followed by a series of case studies that describe and analyze a variety of projects by historical organizations to interpret American Jewish life and culture for general public…mehr

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Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites begins with a broad overview of American Jewish history in the context of a religious culture than extends back more than 3,000 years and which manifests itself in a variety of distinctive American forms. Five chapters examine key themes in American Jewish history: movement, home life, community, prejudice, and culture. Each thematic chapter is followed by a series of case studies that describe and analyze a variety of projects by historical organizations to interpret American Jewish life and culture for general public audiences. The last two chapters of the book are a history of Jewish collections and Jewish museums in North America and a look at "next practice," intended to promote continuous innovation, new thinking, and programming that is responsive to ever-changing circumstances.
Autorenporträt
Avi Decter is the author of Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites (2016), co-author of Ten Years: Remembrance, Education, Hope [Holocaust Museum Houston] (2006), editor or co-editor of ten books and book-length catalogs on American Jewish history, and author of numerous exhibition and book reviews, articles, and blogs on public history and interpretation. He has served as director of the Museum of American Jewish History and the Jewish Museum of Maryland, as head of education at the H.F. DuPont Museum and Gardens, and as special assistant to the director of the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution). As managing partner of History Now, Decter has consulted widely with local and national history organizations ranging from the National Civil War Museum to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Visitor Center.