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Tobias Brinkmann - Sundays at Sinai - 9780226074542 - V9780226074542
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Sundays at Sinai

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Description for Sundays at Sinai Hardcover. First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America's oldest Reform Jewish congregations. This title brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America's oldest Reform Jewish congregations. Its founders were upwardly mobile and civically committed men and women, founders and partners of banks and landmark businesses like Hart Schaffner Marx, Sears Roebuck & Co., and the giant meatpacking firm Morris & Co. As explicitly modern Jews, Sinai's members supported and led civic institutions and participated actively in Chicago politics. Perhaps most radically, their Sunday services, introduced in 1874 and still celebrated today, became a hallmark of the congregation. In "Sundays at Sinai", Tobias Brinkmann brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226074542
SKU
V9780226074542
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About Tobias Brinkmann
Tobias Brinkmann is the Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History at the Pennsylvania State University.

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