New Essays in American Jewish History

New Essays in American Jewish History

Author: Pamela Susan Nadell

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781602801486

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"Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the American Jewish Archives and the tenth anniversary of Gary P. Zola as its Director, New Essays in American Jewish History includes twenty-two new articles representing the best in modern American and Jewish scholarship. More than a celebration, New Essays serves as a scholarly benchmark in the growing field of American Jewish studies." --Amazon.com.


Coming to Terms with America

Coming to Terms with America

Author: Jonathan D. Sarna

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 555

ISBN-13: 0827618786

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Coming to Terms with America examines how Jews have long "straddled two civilizations," endeavoring to be both Jewish and American at once, from the American Revolution to today. In fifteen engaging essays, Jonathan D. Sarna investigates the many facets of the Jewish-American encounter--what Jews have borrowed from their surroundings, what they have resisted, what they have synthesized, and what they have subverted. Part I surveys how Jews first worked to reconcile Judaism with the country's new democratic ethos and to reconcile their faith-based culture with local metropolitan cultures. Part II analyzes religio-cultural initiatives, many spearheaded by women, and the ongoing tensions between Jewish scholars (who pore over traditional Jewish sources) and activists (who are concerned with applying them). Part III appraises Jewish-Christian relations: "collisions" within the public square and over church-state separation. Originally written over the span of forty years, many of these essays are considered classics in the field, and several remain fixtures of American Jewish history syllabi. Others appeared in fairly obscure venues and will be discovered here anew. Together, these essays--newly updated for this volume--cull the finest thinking of one of American Jewry's finest historians.


New Perspectives in American Jewish History

New Perspectives in American Jewish History

Author: Mark A. Raider

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Published: 2022-01-03

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1684580536

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""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"--


Writing a Modern Jewish History

Writing a Modern Jewish History

Author: Susannah Heschel

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780300106770

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In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionized the study of Jewish history during his lengthy tenure at Columbia University. Baron's important ideas are reflected throughout these texts, which concern strategies for the continuous identity of a dispersed people. Featured essays discuss the meaning and significance of colonial portraits of American Jews; the history of an extraordinary group of Jews in the remote Amazon; the charitable fairs organized by Jewish women to raise money for various causes in nineteenth-century America; the place of Jews in postmodern American culture; the "Jewish unconscious" of the art critic Meyer Schapiro; and Salo Baron's influence as a historian and teacher. A group of poems by Robert Pinsky accompanies the essays. Together these writings form a dynamic interplay of ideas that encourages readers to think deeply about Jewish history and identity.


Lone Stars of David

Lone Stars of David

Author: Hollace Ava Weiner

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1584656220

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An essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews.


Jewish American Poetry

Jewish American Poetry

Author: Jonathan N. Barron

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9781584650430

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A rich and provocative overview of Jewish American poetry.


Observing America's Jews

Observing America's Jews

Author: Marshall Sklare

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Collected essays by a preeminent authority on American Jewish history.


American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise

American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise

Author: Shulamit Reinharz

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9781584654391

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The first and only complete exploration of the role of American women in the creation and support of the State of Israel from pre-State years through the struggles of Israel's first decades.