List of Illustrations Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION The People of the Helping Friendly Book Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield SET 1 "SHARING IN THE GROOVE": PHISH AND JEWISH CULTURE 1. From Summer Camp to Summer Tour: Phish and the Cultivation of Jewish Cultural Identity Oren Kroll-Zeldin 2. Performing Jewish Identity and Community Through Phish's "Avenu Malkenu" Jacob A. Cohen 3. "Finest in the Nation": The Food of Phish and the Jewish Experience Evan S. Benn 4. Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish's Dance Floor Isaac Kandall Slone 5. I've Been Wading in the Whitest Sea: Reflections on Race, Judaism, and Phish Caroline Rothstein 6.

"Feeling Weightless in the Sea": Phish and Overcoming Cancer Benjamin David SET 2 GOD ON TOUR: JUDAISM AND THE LIVE PHISH EXPERIENCE 7. Beyond "Avenu Malkenu": Fan Responses to Sacred Music in Phish's Musical Canon Ariella Werden-Greenfield 8. "All Times and Seasons Are the Reasons": How Phish Brought America to Shul Mike Greenhaus 9. "Where the People Come to Pray": Sacred Pilgrimage and Communal Rejoicing from the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG Jessy Dressin 10. "Pull This Timber 'fore the Sun Go Down": The Joys and Questions of Shabbat Observance at Phish Josh Fleet 11. Phish Jews: Improvisation as Religious Orientation Joshua S. Ladon 12. Tour and Torah: Jews and Crews from the Sages of the Gemara to the Ragers on the Rail Noah Munro Lehrman ENCORE "ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED": REFLECTIONS ON PHISH AND JEWISHNESS 13.

"Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" Comes to Phish: An Interview with Shirley Halperin 14. Bringing Phish to the Holy Land: An Interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman 15. Blessed by Bass: An Interview with Marc Brownstein 16. Becoming the General of Jam: An Interview with Jonathan Schwartz 17. Mike's Corner Reprise: An Interview with Mike Gordon Afterword Dean Budnick List of Contributors Index.