Rachel B. Gross: Judaism Unbound Episode 278 - The Deli Is My Synagogue
Rachel B. Gross, the John & Marcia Goldman Chair in American Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University and author of Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about delis, museums, children's literature, and other religious spaces that you didn't know were religious!
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[1] Purchase Beyond The Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice here. Don’t forget to enter the code GROSS30-FM to get 30%-off!
[2] Learn more about Rachel Gross by clicking here. Listen to her previous appearance on Judaism Unbound by checking out Episode 171: Digesting Judaism - Rachel Gross.
[3] Dan mentions a piece Gross wrote recently after the publication of the 2020 Pew study of Jewish Americans. Check out her op-ed, entitled “If you’re asking American Jews if they’re religious, you don’t understand American Jews,” at this link.
[4] Gross mentions Jewish museums as, potentially, cites of religious experience. Dive deeper into this topic by listening to Episode 158: Curating the Jewish Story - Ivy Barsky and/or Bonus Episode: Museums and the Creative Process - Ivy Barsky, Aaron Henne, Yishai Jusidman.
[5] In discussing Eric Kimmel’s work, Gross cites two books. Purchase them at either of these two links: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, When Mindy Saved Hanukkah
[6] For an earlier Judaism Unbound episode that touches on PJ Library (and explores Jewish young-adult fiction in depth) see Episode 271: Jewish Stories We Need - Aimee Lucido, Sofiya Pasternack.
[7] You can read Rachel Gross’s essay about PJ Library, entitled “People of the Picture Book: PJ Library and American Jewish Religion,” in Religion and Popular Culture in America: Third Edition, which can be purchased at this link.