Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture Available to Purchase

The role Jews have played in the development of American popular culture is immeasurable. Through their contributions to art, theatre, film, literature, the media, and music, they have left an indelible impression on American society. This book is an unabashed celebration thereof, complementing the author's earlier work, Jewish‐American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (Fischel and Pinsker, 1992). At its most basic level, it seeks to explore how much Jewish ethnicity – the Jewish zeitgeist – was a factor in shaping and transforming American popular culture. Although, at first blush, statements such as “Without the contribution made by American...