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The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America
M L Raphael
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Description for The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America
Paperback. Editor(s): Raphael, Marc. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; HRA; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
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 character of American Judaism between the two world wars, American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day ... Read more
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 character of American Judaism between the two world wars, American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231132237
SKU
V9780231132237
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About M L Raphael
Marc Lee Raphael is the Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies, professor of religious studies, chairman of the Department of Religious Studies, and director of the Program in Judaic Studies at the College of William and Mary. He will publish his memoir, Diary of a Los Angeles Jew, 1947-1972: Autobiography as Autofiction, in 2008 and is beginning a ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America
Indeed, the strength of this anthology resides in the individual essays, even if some of them make awkward bedfellows.
Lila Corwin Berman American Jewish History [A] welcome addition to the field of Jewish-American studies The Historian Authored by an all-star cast of historians... Highly recommended. Choice A thought-provoking... engaging text that gives social diversity and cultural experience their due ... Read more
Lila Corwin Berman American Jewish History [A] welcome addition to the field of Jewish-American studies The Historian Authored by an all-star cast of historians... Highly recommended. Choice A thought-provoking... engaging text that gives social diversity and cultural experience their due ... Read more