2. The objective of this What he finds is that his
study was to see how the two identities U.S.
identities U.S. American American and Jewish are
and Jewish is not typical. atypical together, unless
David uses his own life you live in a specific
experiences to explain Jewish community.
the study of how Jews are David does use
portrayed in the U.S. He information from a
also uses professionals survey, so the social
input to help assist with scientific approach is
his article. used. David also uses
some of the critical
approaches in his
personal experiences.
3. At age 8, David was impacted by seeing
Shelley Berman chant on TV.
At age 10, David wanted to go to school
instead of to church to celebrate Rosh Ha
Shannah. Dad made analogy with Sandy
Koufax not pitching games on Rosh Ha
Shannah and Yom Kippur.
At age 11, Jewish summer camp sang the
“Star Spangled Banner” and Ha Tikvah.
4. At age 13, at his best friend‟s Mike Bar
Mitzvah read Hebrew prayers and his friends
were amazed.
At age 26, Dad calls him a mensch; a person
to be respected.
At age 28, applied for job that would go to
Saudi Arabia. They asked him if he was
Jewish and had to prove he was not in order
to go.
5. At age 34, friend tells him he isn‟t as hairy as
she thought Jewish people were.
At age 48, receives phone call from mother
that his father passed. He went to his prayer
book, Siddur.
6. Stars of David goes on the graves of
Jewish military personal.
Normal= U.S. citizen and non-Jewish
Atypical= U.S. citizen and Jewish
“To have both a Jewish identity and a
U.S. American one, is to be the object
of marked discourse.”
“The identities Jewish and U.S.
American, seldom occur as, say, the
national identity Israeli and the
religious identity Jewish very often
do. To say then, that someone is a
U.S. American is to imply or assume
that he or she may very likely not be
Jewish. It is „normal‟ to be a U.S.
American and not be Jewish.”
I used these quotes to support my
points of what is typical and atypical
conjoined identities.
7. When David moved to Colorado, he enjoyed
rock climbing with a group. One particular
member referred to him as “the Jewish
climber”.
Tracy (2002, ch 10), describe this as a
conversational marker, these markings refer
to the two identities together as being
atypical.
According to Tracy, when we speak about a
person and don‟t use a marker it means the
speaker accepts the identities.
8. “Myname is David Weber. I
am proud to be Jewish. I am a
happy little boy.”
9. As you see David was proud of being Jewish
when he was younger from the quote in his
Siddur. Do you think he is still proud of
being a Jew now?
Do you think David rambles Jewish saying on
purpose, by habit or some other reason?
10. Tracy, K. (2002). Everyday talk: Building and
reflecting identities. New York: Guilford
Press.
Weber, David E. Constructing U.S. American
Jewish male identity.
