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New Perspectives in American Jewish History : A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna
Title
New Perspectives in American Jewish History : A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna / edited by Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola.
ISBN
9781684580545
9781684580538
9781684580521
Publication
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations.
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Summary
""New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna," compiled by Sarna's former students, presents heretofore unpublished, neglected, and rarely seen historical records, documents, and images that illuminate the heterogeneity, breadth, diversity, and colorful dynamism of the American Jewish experience"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Contents
Introduction: "The dynamic world of the American Jew" : Jonathan D. Sarna and the varieties of Jewish experience
"Concerning a Gate he send to our Kakam" : a circum-Atlantic divorce in the eighteenth century, 1774
"To bigotry no sanction" : George Washington, America's Jews, and religious freedom, 1790
"And made them wear a hat" : Isaac Harby asserts the authenticity of bareheaded Jewish prayer, 1826
"The kingdom restored to Israel" : Mormon apostle Orson Hyde's reflections on Judaism, 1841
"A union of heart, a union of action" : Isaac Leeser and the challenge of Jewish education in nineteenth-century America, 1843
"That we might become a shining example" : the innovations of David Einhorn's prayerbook Olat Tamid, 1858
"A Jewish chaplain for the Cameron Dragoons" : the real chaplaincy controversy of the Civil War, 1861
"In the strictest Jewish orthodox Stile" : a contract between Isaac Wolf and Congregation Etz Hayim (Pittsburgh, PA), 1864
"Solicited on the ground of humanity, recognized as a national duty" : the Board of Delegates of American Israelites and the rise of American Jewish politics, 1872-1873
"As to the validity of the tribal laws of the Jews" : the fascination of the American press with East European Jewish marital life, 1883-1902
"For the defense of our Jewish interests" : Henry Pereira Mendes's call for an international Synod, 1886
"Conversions to and from Judaism" : Joseph Krauskopf on American Christian Missions to the Jews, 1891
"A careful student of the religion of the East" : Charles T. Strauss converts to Buddhism at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, IL), 1893
"Without sacrificing the rights of our citizens" : concerning the Ottoman Empire's restrictions on American Jews entering Palestine, 1899
"Moses presents the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel" : Emile Pissis's stained glass window of Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, CA). 1904-1905
"For the welfare of Israel in this country" : Cyrus Adler, Henry Pereira Mendes, and the creation of the United Synagogue of America, 1913
"They can ship me anywhere" : an Ottoman Jewish immigrant in the American heartland, 1913
"The oriental Spanish Jewish journal" La Amerika : the first enduring ladino newspaper of the United States, 1913-14
"The New Jerusalem" : a gentile perspective on New York's Jews at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 1914
"The gentleman being both a German and a Jew" : B. H. Roberts nominates Simon Bamberger as democratic candidate for Governor of Utah, 1916
"What justice or redress can be gained" : East European Jewish immigrants and legal aid, 1917
"A prince in Israel" : S. Felix Mendelsohn's eulogy for Jacob H. Schiff. 1920
"The ladies, God bless 'em, used to hold bazaars, but not now" : American Jewish women and philanthropy, 1920
"No aristocracy and no snobocracy" : Samuel H. Goldenson and the democratization of the synagogue, 1922
"To make them positive. self-conscious Jews" : the shift in reform Judaism to a pro-Zionist Jewish educational agenda, 1922-1940
"Conscious of their identity, they marry whom they choose" : the elopement of Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay, 1926
"To observe the Sabbath in its time-honored way" : Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, KY) debates the elimination of Sunday worship services, 1931
"The man who crystallizes greatness in the twentieth century" : Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA) honors Albert Einstein, 1934
"Destiny has bound us together" : Albert Einstein speaks to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA), 1934
"Don't hush me!" : American Jewish college students and Jewish identity in the interwar period, 1939
"Ensuring our future" : the creation of the Emergency Committee for Zionist affairs, 1939
"Farming as a life occupation" : Peter Salm and the national farm school (Bucks County, PA), 1939-42
"Citizenship, civic virtue, and safeguarding democracy" : Israel S. Chipkin on American Jewish education, 1941
Pilgrims," also known as "Mayflower and 'illegal' passenger ship" : Arthur Szyk and the twin promised lands of America and Palestine, 1946
"The greater sin" : Jacob M. Rothschild's Yom Kippur sermon on American Jews, the South, and civil rights, 1948
"What the Jews believe" : a liberal Rabbi explains Judaism to the readers of Life magazine, 1950
"Our simple duty as Jews" : Herbert A. Friedman's radio address for the United Jewish appeal, 1957
"Valiant builders and fighters and dreamers" : Abba Hillel Silver on American Jewish relations with Israel, 1957
"We must change our line" : Will Maslow's report on the conference of the American Zionist committee for public affairs, 1960
"You don't have to be Jewish to Love Levy's" : Levy's real Jewish rye advertising campaign, 1961
"An intolerable situation and a moral blot on humanity" : American Jews respond to the plight of Soviet jewry, 1964
"Israel's essential emissary" : Golda Meir on the cover of Time magazine, 1969
"To secure Israel's survival and security" : President Gerald R, Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet with American Jewish leaders, 1976
"Power in the promised land" : the incredible Hulk and Sabra, 1981
"Overlooked, out there on the rim, in the southern part of America" : Eli N. Evans, Macy B. Hart, and the project of southern Jewish history, 1987
"A natural alliance" : Alexander M. Schindler on Black-Jewish relations, 1987 and 1992
"To shift from the child to the family" : American Jews and the challenge of continuity, 1988
"The world is not the same since Auschwitz and Hiroshima" : Kathy (Schwartz) Cohen's reflections on Tisha Beav, 1988
"To combat homophobia" : Jewish activist gays and lesbians, 1994
"Global identity free of prejudices and boundaries" : the Indian-American-Jewish artist Siona Benjamin's Tikkun Ha-Olam, 2000
"Taking this prohibited act and using it to feel more Jewish" : American Jews and tattoos, 2000-2020
"Leveling the playing field" : women and American Jewish organizational life, 2008
"It's important for people to know who I am" : transgender American Jews, 2016
"The Kotel belongs to all Jews worldwide" : the American Jewish committee and the Western Wall controversy, 2017
"The full humanity and precious value of every individual Black life" : the Haggadah supplement of Jews for racial and economic justice, 2019.
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