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Marc Raphael - The Synagogue in America: A Short History - 9780814775820 - V9780814775820
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The Synagogue in America: A Short History

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Description for The Synagogue in America: A Short History Hardcover. The history of the Synagogue and its changing role in American Jewish culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMN; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.

Read the Jewish Idea Daily's review here.
In 1789, when George Washington was elected the first president of the United States, laymen from all six Jewish congregations in the new nation sent him congratulatory letters. He replied to all six. Thus, after more than a century of Jewish life in colonial America the small communities of Jews present at the birth of the nation proudly announced their religious institutions to the country and were recognized by its new leader. By this time, the synagogue had become the most significant institution of American Jewish life, a dominance that was ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814775820
SKU
V9780814775820
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Marc Raphael
Marc Lee Raphael is Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, and Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at The College of William and Mary. His recent books include The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America; Diary of a Los Angeles Jew, 1947-1972: Autobiography as Autofiction; and Judaism in America.

Reviews for The Synagogue in America: A Short History
Raphael...has produced a short, highly readable and wholly illuminating study that will delight anyone who has ever seat in shul and told himself the beloved old Jewish joke that ends with the punch line: 'To that one, I never go." The book is a solid work of scholarship...
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Raphael offers an ... Read more

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