A Transcultural Self in "Waiting for a Jew" Analytical Essay by ResearchRiter
A Transcultural Self in "Waiting for a Jew"
An analysis of Jonathan Boyarin's essay, "Waiting for a Jew: Marginal Redemption at the Eighth Street Shul."
# 124548
| 1,250 words
| 7 sources
| MLA
| 2008
| 
Published
on Dec 01, 2008
in
Religion and Theology
(Judaism)
, Psychology
(General)
, Sociology
(Multiculturalism)
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This paper discusses Jonathan Boyarin's essay, "Waiting for a Jew: Marginal Redemption at the Eighth Street Shul." It concurs with Boyarin that marginal communities such as the shul are places where it is easier to develop a transcultural identity, and explains the value of transcultural selfhood.
From the Paper:
"In Jonathan Boyarin's "Waiting for a Jew: Marginal Redemption at the Eighth Street Shul", he suggests that the marginality of the Eight Street Shul allows him to develop a transcultural self. I agree with his assessment. Boyarin states early in his essay "My child's world is not exclusively Jewish nor am I brought up to regard it as such." Boyarin lives amid whites, blacks and Japanese as well as Jews, so his childhood neighborhood is a melting pot neighborhood in which he is familiar..."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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A Transcultural Self in "Waiting for a Jew" (2008, December 01)
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"A Transcultural Self in "Waiting for a Jew"" 01 December 2008.
Web. 26 March. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/analytical-essay/a-transcultural-self-in-waiting-for-a-jew-124548/>