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American Jewish Liturgies
A Bibliography of American Jewish Liturgy from the Establishment of the Press in the Colonies through 1925

Compiled by Sharona Wachs
 Wachs has compiled nearly 1,300 American Jewish prayerbooks, devotionals, memorials, children's prayers, hymnals, and scores from the eighteenth century to 1925. Included are four Hebrew and English indices to places, names, titles, and types of liturgy.
Historical and Liturgical Introductions are provided by Karla Goldman and Eric L. Friedland respectively.		 Partial example of the structure of the liturgical index:

Siddurim. (Including Siddur for the whole,year, with Mahzor)
Siddur. Daily Prayers
Siddur. Daily Prayers. Evening Service.
Siddur. Daily Prayers. Morning Service.
Siddur. Daily Prayers. Sunday Service.
Siddur. Sabbath.
Siddur. Sabbath. Evening Service.
Siddur. Sabbath. Evening Service. Individual Prayers.
Siddur. Sabbath. Morning Service.
Siddur. Sabbath. Musaf.
Siddur, Sabbath. Musaf. Individual Prayers.
Published by Hebrew Union College Press

$25.00s cloth / ISBN 0-87820-912-3

224 pages

1997

1997 Association of Jewish Libraries Bibliography Award