Papers by Mara W . Cohen Ioannides
The Journal of Popular Culture, 2019
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Jewish Fantasy Worldwide, 2023
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Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Université Paris Descartes, Nov 21, 2019
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Jews and Gender
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Jewish Reform Movement in the US, 2017
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Authored by Mara Cohen-Ioannieds, MSU faculty. This volume examines the development of the non-li... more Authored by Mara Cohen-Ioannieds, MSU faculty. This volume examines the development of the non-liturgical parts of the Central Conference of American Rabbis\\u27 Haggadot. Through an understanding of the changes in American Jewish educational patterns and the CCAR\\u27s theology, it explores how the CCAR Haggadah was changed over time to address the needs of the constituency. While there have been many studies of the Haggadah and its development over the course of Jewish history, there has been no such study of the non-liturgical parts of the Haggadah that reflect the needs of the audience it reaches. How the CCAR, the first and largest of American-born Judaisms, addressed the changing needs of its members through its literature for the Passover Seder reveals much about the development of the movement. This in turn provides for the readers of this book an understanding of how American Judaism has developed.https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/books/1012/thumbnail.jp
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Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal, 2016
The homesteading experience is being revisited with the regrowth of Midwestern Studies. What has ... more The homesteading experience is being revisited with the regrowth of Midwestern Studies. What has been ignored and is now being investigated are the women homesteaders, who worked with their men (husband, brother, or father) to build farms on the wild plains. However, often forgotten among these women are the Jewish women who battled to keep their religion in an environment that was unknown to them. By understanding this minority in the western expansion experience, a greater understanding of the American experience can be uncovered.
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Journal of Translation, 2013
The oral qualities of the Hebrew Bible diminished over time as it was written down and codified. ... more The oral qualities of the Hebrew Bible diminished over time as it was written down and codified. This paper examines one book of the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther, and how translations shape its use. This book is particularly interesting to the storyteller because the Book of Esther is still recited as a story as part of the Jewish festival of Purim. Since the requirements of the festival include the recitation of this story, the book’s translation influences the celebration significantly. The ultimate point of this paper is to highlight the importance of the storyteller in the translation process.
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Warsaw Studies in Jewish History and Memory, 2015
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Papers by Mara W . Cohen Ioannides
Scholars of Jewish studies have lumped the Great Plains and the Midwest into the Midwest, but have created the Upper Midwest – a large portion of the Great Plains – as a sub-region. Additionally, they have included in the Midwest what others define as South. These divisions have to do with cultural experiences that depended on geography, economic opportunity, immigrant expectations and desires, and the influence of the established Jewish community. There were a number of agricultural communities in the Upper Midwest that offered Eastern European Jews the experience of agriculture, something they had been denied in their home country, while removing them from the urban areas where the established German Jews felt these immigrants were an embarrassment. This chapter will examine these cultural differences to help define the boundaries of the Midwest, Great Plains, and Upper Midwest.
This study will build on the not only my works on the Ozarks, which straddles the Midwest and the South, but also the work of Amy Hill Shevitz on the Ohio River Valley and the histories of specific communities in the Midwest. These, with the voices of those who lived there, will help establish the Jewish Midwestern experience. The work of Uri D. Herscher, A. James Rudin, Tobias Brinkman, J. Sanford Rikoon, and Donald M. Douglas, among others, will provide information about the Jewish agricultural colonies. One should not forget the voices of those who experienced this great experiment, like Rachel Calof, Sophie Trupin, and Kate Herder. Robert E. Levinson, Linda Mack Schloff, and others examine the Jews specifically of the Great Plains. No study would be complete without the work of Hasia Diner on Jewish peddlers in the American West and Lee Shai Weissbach on the small-town Jewish experience.
Scholars of American Judaism have a different understanding of time; they do not see the periods as the Colonial, the Expansion, Reconstruction, etc., but rather in waves, like the First Wave (from 1624-1860), the Second Wave (1860-1880), etc. Thus, that they have defined this region of the Great Plains and the Midwest slightly differently than others does not seem so unusual. This chapter will help explain how the cultural experience of Jews in the Middle States has created a border between the Upper Midwest and the rest of the Midwest and how their experiences helped create American Judaism and America.
This book includes Ladino, the language of the Jews of Rhodes, song lyrics and sayings to add to the flavor of the story. Traditional practices and Jewish customs are also presented to help keep the lost community alive.
This paper focuses on one aspect of Jewish travel within the US. It examines, in particular, the influence that Jewish culture and religion have in defining the motivation among American Jews to travel within the US and in shaping their choice of destination. To demonstrate these influences, the paper reports on a preliminary study of a small multi-denominational congregation (i.e., catering to Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Secular Jews) in a Midwestern community. An important finding is that, when on vacation, many American Jews, regardless of whether they belong to Orthodox or more moderate sects, will often seek out Jewish sites such as synagogues, homes of famous persons, or entire neighborhoods.
These side-trips to Jewish sites can be labeled “pilgrimages of nostalgia,” a phenomenon that is not purely religious. Rather these pilgrimages reflect the high importance that Judaism assigns in identifying with the ways of one’s ancestors. The trips to Jewish sites are a way for Jews to express their association with their past, their culture, and their religious background.
This paper focuses on one aspect of Jewish travel within the US. It examines, in particular, the influence that Jewish culture and religion have in defining the motivation among American Jews to travel within the US and in shaping their choice of destination. To demonstrate these influences, the paper reports on a preliminary study of a small multi-denominational congregation (i.e., catering to Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Secular Jews) in a Midwestern community. An important finding is that, when on vacation, many American Jews, regardless of whether they belong to Orthodox or more moderate sects, will often seek out Jewish sites such as synagogues, homes of famous persons, or entire neighborhoods.
These side-trips to Jewish sites can be labeled “pilgrimages of nostalgia,” a phenomenon that is not purely religious. Rather these pilgrimages reflect the high importance that Judaism assigns in identifying with the ways of one’s ancestors. The trips to Jewish sites are a way for Jews to express their association with their past, their culture, and their religious background.
This paper focuses on one aspect of Jewish travel within the US. It examines, in particular, the influence that Jewish culture and religion have in defining the motivation among American Jews to travel within the US and in shaping their choice of destination. To demonstrate these influences, the paper reports on a preliminary study of a small multi-denominational congregation (i.e., catering to Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Secular Jews) in a Midwestern community. An important finding is that, when on vacation, many American Jews, regardless of whether they belong to Orthodox or more moderate sects, will often seek out Jewish sites such as synagogues, homes of famous persons, or entire neighborhoods.
These side-trips to Jewish sites can be labeled “pilgrimages of nostalgia,” a phenomenon that is not purely religious. Rather these pilgrimages reflect the high importance that Judaism assigns in identifying with the ways of one’s ancestors. The trips to Jewish sites are a way for Jews to express their association with their past, their culture, and their religious background.