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    Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
    Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
    Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
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    Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture

    By Gabrielle Anna Berlinger

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    An “important and timely” study of the Jewish holiday’s temporary shelters and the meaning of home (Journal of Folklore Research).

    The sukkah, the symbolic ritual home built during the annual Jewish holiday of Sukkot, commemorates the temporary structures that sheltered the Israelites as they journeyed across the desert after the exodus from Egypt. Despite the simple Biblical prescription for its design, the remarkable variety of creative expression in the construction, decoration, and use of the sukkah, in both times of peace and national upheaval, reveals the cultural traditions, political convictions, philosophical ideals, and individual aspirations that the sukkah communicates for its builders and users today.

    In this ethnography of contemporary Sukkot observance, Gabrielle Anna Berlinger examines the powerful role of ritual and vernacular architecture in the formation of self and society in three sharply contrasting Jewish communities: Bloomington, Indiana; South Tel Aviv, Israel; and Brooklyn, New York. Through vivid description and in-depth interviews, she demonstrates how constructing and decorating the sukkah and performing the weeklong holiday’s rituals of hospitality provide unique circumstances for creative expression, social interaction, and political struggle. Through an exploration of the intersections between the rituals of Sukkot and contemporary issues, such as the global Occupy movement, Berlinger finds that the sukkah becomes a tangible expression of the need for housing and economic justice, as well as a symbol of the longing for home.

    “Berlinger’s rich and nuanced ethnography sheds light on many sukkot from Bloomington to Tel Aviv, Jaffa, and Jerusalem, and back to Brooklyn; like the wandering in the Sinai desert, this journey is crucial.” —Journal of American Folklore
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateSep 20, 2017
    ISBN9780253031839
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