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War is a way of life – in some parts of the world it is an ongoing struggle with no end in sight. Years of perpetual conflict have adversely affected the way in which political, socio-economic, and cultural components of society have developed. Indeed, armed conflict negatively affects all aspects of society: not only does it destroy buildings and societies, but it also leaves surviving individuals and communities with deep wounds that can last a lifetime.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Diner, Hasia R. / Kohn, Shira / Kranson, Rachel -- 1. "Some of Us Were There before Betty": Jewish Women and Political Activism in Postwar Miami / Mohl, Raymond A. -- 2. The Polishness of Lucy S. Dawidowicz's Postwar Jewish Cold War / Sinkoff, Nancy -- 3. "Our Defense against Despair": The Progressive Politics of the National Council of Jewish Women after World War II / Laughlin, Kathleen A. -- 4. "It's Good Americanism to Join Hadassah": Selling Hadassah in the Postwar Era / Boim Wolf, Rebecca -- 5. "A Lady Sometimes Blows the Shofar": Women's Religious Equality in the Postwar Reconstructionist Movement / Waxman, Deborah -- 6. Beyond the Myths of Mobility and Altruism: Jewish Immigrant Professionals and Jewish Social Welfare Agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Kobrin, Rebecca -- 7. Negotiating New Terrain: Egyptian Women at Home in America / Nasar, Audrey -- 8. The Bad Girls of Jewish Comedy: Gender, Class, Assimilation, and Whiteness in Postwar America / Del Negro, Giovanna P. -- 9. Judy Holliday's Urban Working-Girl Characters in 1950s Hollywood Film / Smith, Judith -- 10. The "Gentle Jewish Mother" Who Owned a Luxury Resort: The Public Image of Jennie Grossinger, 1954-1972 / Kranson, Rachel -- 11. Reading Marjorie Morningstar in the Age of the Feminine Mystique and After / Sicherman, Barbara -- 12. "We Were Ready to Turn the World Upside Down": Radical Feminism and Jewish Women / Antler, Joyce -- 13. Jewish Women Remaking American Feminism/ Women Remaking American Judaism: Reflections on the Life of Betty Friedan / Horowitz, Daniel -- Biographies of Contributors -- Index