American Judaism: A History

Jonathan D. Sarna

Published by Yale University Press 2019

American Judaism

A History

Jonathan D. Sarna

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300245387

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About this book

Jonathan D. Sarna’s award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years.

Praise for the first edition:

“Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America; one so well executed, it is likely to set the standard for the next fifty years.”—Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post
“A masterful overview.”—Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Historical Review
“This book is destined to be the new classic of American Jewish history.”—Norman H. Finkelstein, Jewish Book World

Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award/Jewish Book of the Year

Author / Editor information

Jonathan D. Sarna is University Professor and Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction to the First Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
1. Colonial Beginnings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Revolution in American Judaism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Union and Disunion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4. Two Worlds of American Judaism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
5. An Anxious Subculture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
6. Renewal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Conclusion: Into the Twenty-First Century— American Judaism at a Crossroads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
Appendix: American Jewish Population Estimates, 1660–2015 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Critical Dates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	463
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495

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Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition: Second Edition
Pages
- Main content: 640
Illustrations
- Other: 41 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: June 25, 2019
ISBN: 9780300245387