Taking Stock

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Taking Stock is written by Michal Kravel-Tovi and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253020573 (ISBN 10) and 9780253020574 (ISBN 13).

Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation—whether discussing the Holocaust or counting the numbers of Israeli and American Jews—these essays reveal a social life of Jewish numbers. As they trace the uses of numerical frameworks, they portray how Jews define, negotiate, and enact matters of Jewish collectivity. The contributors offer productive perspectives into ubiquitous yet often overlooked aspects of the modern Jewish experience.