Alanna E Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3787237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alanna E Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alanna E |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-0676-1379 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Survey of American Synagogue Stained Glass
This article addresses the lacuna of scholarship on Jewish-American stained glass by presenting a historical overview of this prevalent synagogue art form (1845 to the present). Analysis of key trends reveals Jewish congregations’ engagement with Christian influences by imitating the work of church stained glass in some ways while differentiating in other ways. Jewish artists and congregational leaders have also been in conversation with each oth…
When a neighbourhood falls off the map
Established in 1843, the Jewish residential quarter in Samarkand (located at the time in the Bukharan kingdom, and today in independent Uzbekistan) has been emptied of its Jewish residents in the wake of the Soviet Union’s demise. Since then, physical markers testifying to their history in the neighbourhood have also been eroding. This process has been organic, rather than a deliberate program of erasure. Still, these shifts in the built environm…
The Life and Death of 840 Memorial Plaques
The Life and Death of 840 Memorial Plaques Alanna E. Cooper (bio) One month after Eva died, Al Weiss wrote a check to the synagogue in the amount of $180. According to gematria—an ancient Jewish numerical system—18 equals life, and 180 equals life tenfold. A fitting sum to honor the deceased. The funds were used to purchase a bronze plaque. Rectangular in shape, it measured ten inches across by two inches high. The raised, gold-hued letters shone…
A Dying House in Samarkand's Jewish Neighborhood
Pagiel Leviyev’s house is very sick. Built in Samarkand over a century ago, the structure was designed for a wealthy mercantile family. Today, it stands as a crumbling reminder of the Jewish community’s complex history in this unexpected spot of the world
C onceptualizing D iaspora
I met Simcha Jacobovici in 1998 while doing my dissertation research in Uzbekistan. Long-haired, fair-skinned, and dressed in American garb, he was clearly an outsider like myself, and we introduced ourselves. I told him I was a cultural anthropologist doing fieldwork among the Bukharan Jews. He told me that he was a filmmaker collecting footage for a documentary about the ten lost tribes. I had heard the theory that the Bukharan Jews were among …
Reconsidering the Tale of Rabbi Yosef Maman and the Bukharan Jewish Diaspora
A n ancient Diaspora group, situated in the heart of Central Asia, disconnected for generations from the wider Jewish worldthese exotic and faraway images of the Bukharan Jews, which fill the popularJewish imagination, have been heavily informed by the writings of historian Avraham Yaari. In three separate books, Yaari tells of the Bukharan Jews' spiritual decay, caused by centuries of isolation from otherJewish communities. And he recounts the d…
C onceptualizing D iaspora
I met Simcha Jacobovici in 1998 while doing my dissertation research in Uzbekistan. Long-haired, fair-skinned, and dressed in American garb, he was clearly an outsider like myself, and we introduced ourselves. I told him I was a cultural anthropologist doing fieldwork among the Bukharan Jews. He told me that he was a filmmaker collecting footage for a documentary about the ten lost tribes. I had heard the theory that the Bukharan Jews were among …
Reconsidering the Tale of Rabbi Yosef Maman and the Bukharan Jewish Diaspora
A n ancient Diaspora group, situated in the heart of Central Asia, disconnected for generations from the wider Jewish worldthese exotic and faraway images of the Bukharan Jews, which fill the popularJewish imagination, have been heavily informed by the writings of historian Avraham Yaari. In three separate books, Yaari tells of the Bukharan Jews' spiritual decay, caused by centuries of isolation from otherJewish communities. And he recounts the d…
Reconsidering the Tale of Rabbi Yosef Maman and the Bukharan Jewish Diaspora
A n ancient Diaspora group, situated in the heart of Central Asia, disconnected for generations from the wider Jewish worldthese exotic and faraway images of the Bukharan Jews, which fill the popularJewish imagination, have been heavily informed by the writings of historian Avraham Yaari. In three separate books, Yaari tells of the Bukharan Jews' spiritual decay, caused by centuries of isolation from otherJewish communities. And he recounts the d…
C onceptualizing D iaspora
I met Simcha Jacobovici in 1998 while doing my dissertation research in Uzbekistan. Long-haired, fair-skinned, and dressed in American garb, he was clearly an outsider like myself, and we introduced ourselves. I told him I was a cultural anthropologist doing fieldwork among the Bukharan Jews. He told me that he was a filmmaker collecting footage for a documentary about the ten lost tribes. I had heard the theory that the Bukharan Jews were among …
A Dying House in Samarkand's Jewish Neighborhood
Pagiel Leviyev’s house is very sick. Built in Samarkand over a century ago, the structure was designed for a wealthy mercantile family. Today, it stands as a crumbling reminder of the Jewish community’s complex history in this unexpected spot of the world
The Life and Death of 840 Memorial Plaques
The Life and Death of 840 Memorial Plaques Alanna E. Cooper (bio) One month after Eva died, Al Weiss wrote a check to the synagogue in the amount of $180. According to gematria—an ancient Jewish numerical system—18 equals life, and 180 equals life tenfold. A fitting sum to honor the deceased. The funds were used to purchase a bronze plaque. Rectangular in shape, it measured ten inches across by two inches high. The raised, gold-hued letters shone…
When a neighbourhood falls off the map
Established in 1843, the Jewish residential quarter in Samarkand (located at the time in the Bukharan kingdom, and today in independent Uzbekistan) has been emptied of its Jewish residents in the wake of the Soviet Union’s demise. Since then, physical markers testifying to their history in the neighbourhood have also been eroding. This process has been organic, rather than a deliberate program of erasure. Still, these shifts in the built environm…
A Survey of American Synagogue Stained Glass
This article addresses the lacuna of scholarship on Jewish-American stained glass by presenting a historical overview of this prevalent synagogue art form (1845 to the present). Analysis of key trends reveals Jewish congregations’ engagement with Christian influences by imitating the work of church stained glass in some ways while differentiating in other ways. Jewish artists and congregational leaders have also been in conversation with each oth…
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