Alan L Berger

Biographic Data

ID1447345
NAMEAlan L Berger
GIVEN NAMESAlan L
FAMILY NAMEBerger
SIGNATUREBERGER A L
AFFILIATIONSSyracuse University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS25
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • The Memory of Goodness

    Open AccessAlan L BergerARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2023

  • Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of ecumenical studies2018Cited by: 1

    Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism* Alan L. Berger religious fundamentalism, Modernity, A. J. Heschel, political extremism, Hans Küng, A. James Rudin Responding to the current and very worrying political and religious crises, we seek guidance from the wisdom of our interreligious Jewish-Christian traditions and dialogue. A number of questions emerge: Can these sources provide any wisdom? Is there a kernel of insight that might shed …

  • Saul Bellow's Heart

    Alan L BergerARTICLEStudies in American Jewish…2014

  • Interview with Dan Walden

    Alan L BergerARTICLEStudies in American Jewish…2012

  • Michael Chabon's “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”

    Alan L BergerARTICLEStudies in American Jewish…2010

    Research Article| January 01 2010 Michael Chabon's “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”: The Return of the Golem Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-) (2010) 29: 80–89. https://doi.org/10.2307/41206134 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alan L. Berger; Michael Chabon's “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & …

  • Spare, Original, and Strange”

    Alan L BergerARTICLEStudies in American Jewish…2008

    Research Article| January 01 2008 “Spare, Original, and Strange”: The Religious Atheism of Hugh Nissenson Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-) (2008) 27: 3–15. https://doi.org/10.2307/41206090 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alan L. Berger; “Spare, Original, and Strange”: The Religious Atheism of Hugh Nissenso…

  • Sounds of Defiance

    Alan L BergerARTICLEStudies in American Jewish…2007

    Book Review| January 01 2007 Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism and the Problem of English Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism and the Problem of EnglishRosen, Alan Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-) (2007) 26: 97–100. https://doi.org/10.2307/41206077 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Cit…

  • Troubled Memory

    Alan L BergerARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2003

    1Florida Atlantic University Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke's Louisiana Lawrence N.Powell Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press 2000616Hardback$37.50 Paperback$18.95

  • American Fuehrer

    Alan L BergerARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2003

    1Florida Atlantic University American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party Frederick J.Simonelli ChicagoUniversity of Illinois Press 1999xi + 280$29.95

  • Children of Job

    Adam Meyer, Alan L BergerARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…2000

  • American Jewish History

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History1999

    Book Review| October 01 1999 American Jewish History: America, American Jews, and the Holocaust. Vol. 7 American Jewish History: America, American Jews, and the Holocaust. Vol. 7, Jeffrey S. Gurock. Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (1999) 19 (1): 102–103. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502523 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…

  • The Imaginary Jew. Alain Finkelkraut , Kevin O'Neill , David Suchoff

    Alan L BergerARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1996

  • The Holocaust, Second-Generation Witness, and the Voluntary Covenant in American Judaism

    Open AccessAlan L BergerARTICLEReligion and American Culture A…1995Cited by: 3References: 2

    Widespread discourse about the Holocaust entered American popular culture in the seventies in two main ways: a series of television shows that purportedly focused on the destruction of European Judaism and two books that dealt specifically with the children of survivors. The television miniseries, Gerald Green's Holocaust (1978), suited the national need for simplified history and melodrama. Moreover, given the American penchant for ethnic identi…

  • Bearing Witness

    Alan L BergerARTICLEModern Judaism - A Journal of…1990Cited by: 1

    Journal Article BEARING WITNESS: SECOND GENERATION LITERATURE OF THE SHOAH Get access Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 1990, Pages 43–63, https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/10.1.43 Published: 01 February 1990

  • American Jewish Fiction

    Alan L BergerARTICLEModern Judaism - A Journal of…1990Cited by: 1

    Journal Article AMERICAN JEWISH FICTION Get access Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Judaism - A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, Volume 10, Issue 3, October 1990, Pages 221–241, https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/10.3.221 Published: 01 October 1990

  • America's Jews in Transition

    Alan L Berger, C I Waxman et al.ARTICLESociological Analysis1987

  • Crisis and Covenant

    Alan L Berger, Alan BergerBOOKCrisis and Covenant1985

  • Book Notices

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1984

    Journal Article Book Notices Get access The Age of Triage: Fear and Hope in an Overcrowded World. By Richard L. Rubenstein. Beacon Press, 1983. 301 pages. $15.50. Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LII, Issue 1, March 1984, Pages 201-b–202, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LII.1.201-b Published: 01 March 1984

  • Messianism, Mysticism and Magic

    Alan L Berger, Stephen SharotARTICLEReview of Religious Research1983

  • Judaica

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1982

    JUDAICA Get access Values and Violence in Auschwitz. A Sociological Analysis. By Anna Pawelczynska Translated by Catherine S Leach University of California Press, 1980. 201 pages. $11.95 Alan L Berger Alan L Berger Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, Issue 3, September 1982, Pages 483–484, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/L.3.483 Publishe…

  • Hasidism and Moonism

    Alan L BergerARTICLESociological Analysis1980

    This paper examines the mechanism of charismatic authority and the nature of religious life as advocated by two genres of charismatic religion: Hasidism and The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. Both the Jewish and Neo-Christian examples achieved prominence in the counterculture during the seventies. The paper argues that: (1) Weber's notions of the inherent precariousness of charismatic leadership and its require…

  • Judaica

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1978

    Journal Article JUDAICA Get access The Jewish Mind. By Raphael Patai. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. xii+624 pages. $14.95. ISBN 0-684-14878-1. Alan L. Berger Alan L. Berger Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVI, Issue 4, December 1978, Pages 598-b–599, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLVI.4.598-b Published: 01 December 1978

  • Judaica

    Alan L BergerARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1974

    Journal Article JUDAICA Get access Hasidic Prayer. By LOUIS JACOBS. New York: Schocken Books, 1973. 195 pages $8.95 hb. L.C. No. 72–86765. ALAN L. BERGER ALAN L. BERGER Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLII, Issue 1, March 1974, Pages 142–146, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLII.1.142 Published: 01 March 1974

  • The Besht and Ḥasidic Tales In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (Shivḥei ha-Besht) . Dan Ben-Amos , Jerome R. Mintz

    Alan L BergerARTICLEHistory of Religions1973

  • The Diary of a Mystic. Edward Thornton

    Alan L BergerARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1969