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This is your song too : Phish and contemporary Jewish identity / edited by Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dimyonot (University Park, Pa.)Publisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]Description: xii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780271095660
  • 0271095660
Subject(s):
Contents:
The people of the helping friendly book / Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield -- From summer camp to summer tour : Phish and the cultivation of Jewish cultural identity / Oren Kroll-Zeldin -- Performing Jewish identity and community through Phish's "Avenu malkenu" / Jacob A. Cohen -- "Finest in the nation" : the food of Phish and the Jewish experience / Evan S. Benn -- Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish's dance floor / Isaac Kandall Slone -- I've been wading in the whitest sea : reflections on race, Judaism, and Phish / Caroline Rothstein -- "Feeling weightless in the sea" : Phish and overcoming cancer / Benjamin David -- Beyond "Avenu malkenu" : fan responses to sacred music in Phish's musical canon / Ariella Werden-Greenfield -- "All time and seasons are the reasons" : how Phish brought America to shul / Mike Greenhaus -- "Where the people come to pray" : sacred pilgrimage and communal rejoicing from the ancient temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG / Jessy Dressin -- "Pull this timber 'fore the sun go down" : the joys and questions of Shabbat observance at Phish / Josh Fleet -- Phish Jews : improvisations as religious orientation / Joshua S. Ladon -- Tour and Torah : Jews and crews from the sages of the Gemara to the ragers on the rail / Noah Munro Lehrman -- "Yerushalayim shel zahav" comes to Phish : an interview with Shirley Halperin -- Bringing Phish to the Holy Land : an interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman -- Blessed by bass : an interview with Marc Brownstein -- Becoming the general of jam : an interview with Jonathan Schwartz -- Mike's corner reprise : an interview with Mike Gordon.
Summary: "An exploration of Jewishness among the fan base of the band Phish, and how spirituality, ritual, and identity function in the world of rock and roll"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: The Day the Music Died
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Phish has a diehard fan base and a dedicated community of enthusiasts--called Phishheads--who follow the band around the country, some fans attending every show. What may be surprising is that a significant percentage of Phishheads are Jewish.

Two members of the band--bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jonathan Fishman--were raised in Jewish households, and Phish has been known to play Hebrew songs in concert. At live shows, many attendees, some wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "Phish" written in Hebrew letters, express feeling something special--even distinctly Jewish--during their performances. As this book shows, Phish is one avenue through which many Jews find cultural and spiritual fulfillment outside the confines of traditional and institutional Jewish life. In effect, Phish fandom and the live Phish experience act as a microcosm through which we see American Jewish religious and cultural life manifest in unique and unexpected spaces.

Featuring an interview with Mike Gordon and a collection of fascinating photographs, This Is Your Song Too is an in-depth look at Jewishness in the Phish universe that also provides a deeper understanding of how spirituality, ritual, and identity function in the world of rock and roll.

In addition to the editors, the contributors include Evan S. Benn, Dean Budnick, Jacob A. Cohen, Benjamin David, Jessy Dressin, Josh Fleet, Mike Greenhaus, Joshua S. Ladon, Noah Munro Lehrman, Caroline Rothstein, and Isaac Kandall Slone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The people of the helping friendly book / Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield -- From summer camp to summer tour : Phish and the cultivation of Jewish cultural identity / Oren Kroll-Zeldin -- Performing Jewish identity and community through Phish's "Avenu malkenu" / Jacob A. Cohen -- "Finest in the nation" : the food of Phish and the Jewish experience / Evan S. Benn -- Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish's dance floor / Isaac Kandall Slone -- I've been wading in the whitest sea : reflections on race, Judaism, and Phish / Caroline Rothstein -- "Feeling weightless in the sea" : Phish and overcoming cancer / Benjamin David -- Beyond "Avenu malkenu" : fan responses to sacred music in Phish's musical canon / Ariella Werden-Greenfield -- "All time and seasons are the reasons" : how Phish brought America to shul / Mike Greenhaus -- "Where the people come to pray" : sacred pilgrimage and communal rejoicing from the ancient temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG / Jessy Dressin -- "Pull this timber 'fore the sun go down" : the joys and questions of Shabbat observance at Phish / Josh Fleet -- Phish Jews : improvisations as religious orientation / Joshua S. Ladon -- Tour and Torah : Jews and crews from the sages of the Gemara to the ragers on the rail / Noah Munro Lehrman -- "Yerushalayim shel zahav" comes to Phish : an interview with Shirley Halperin -- Bringing Phish to the Holy Land : an interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman -- Blessed by bass : an interview with Marc Brownstein -- Becoming the general of jam : an interview with Jonathan Schwartz -- Mike's corner reprise : an interview with Mike Gordon.

"An exploration of Jewishness among the fan base of the band Phish, and how spirituality, ritual, and identity function in the world of rock and roll"-- Provided by publisher.

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