The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America
This is the first anthology in more than half a century to offer fresh insight into the history of Jews and Judaism in America. Beginning with six chronological survey essays, the collection builds with twelve topical essays focusing on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic experience.\ The volume opens with early Jewish settlers (1654-1820), the expansion of Jewish life in America (1820-1901), the great wave of eastern European Jewish immigrants (1880-1924), the...
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This collection focuses on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic experience. It opens with essays on early Jewish settlers (1654-1820), the expansion of Jewish life in America (1820-1901), the great wave of eastern European Jewish immigrants (1880-1924), the character of American Judaism between the two world wars, American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day War, and the growth of Jews' influence and affluence. The second half of the volume includes essays on Orthodox Jews, the history of Jewish education in America, the rise of Jewish social clubs at the turn of the century, the history of southern and western Jewry, Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust, feminism's confrontation with Judaism, and the eternal question of what defines American Jewish culture. Original and elegantly crafted, The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America not only introduces the student to a thrilling history, but also provides the scholar with new perspectives and insights.
Introduction Marc Lee Raphael 1Chronological EssaysAmerica's Earliest Jewish Settlers, 1654-1820 Eli Faber 21Expanding Jewish Life in America, 1826-1901 Dianne Ashton 47The Great Wave: Eastern European Jewish Immigration to the United States, 1880-1924 Eric L. Goldstein 70American Judaism Between the Two World Wars Jeffrey S. Gurock 93Triumph, Accommodation, and Resistance: American Jewish Life from the End of World War II to the Six-Day War Riv-Ellen Prell 114Influence and Affluence, 1967-2000 Stephen J. Whitfield 142Topical EssaysThe Ever Dying Denomination: American Jewish Orthodoxy, 1824-1965 Kimmy Caplan 167The History of Jewish Education in America, 1700-2000 Melissa R. Klapper 189A Regional Context for Pacific Jewry, 1880-1930 William Toll 217Fun and Games: The American Jewish Social Club Jenna Weissman Joselit 246A Multithematic Approach to Southern Jewish History Mark K. Bauman 263American Jewish Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust Rafael Medoff 291Holocaust Consciousness and American Jewish Politics Michael E.Staub 313What Is American Jewish Culture? Jeffrey Shandler 337Rites of Citizenship: Jewish Celebrations of the Nation Beth S. Wenger 366A Bright New Constellation: Feminism and American Judaism Pamela S. Nadell 385Contemporary Jewish Thought Alan T. Levenson 406There's No Space Like Home: The Representation of Jewish American Life Linda S. Raphael 433Contributors 459Index 463
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