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Communings of the Spirit
Publication Date: October 2020
Scholars of Judaica and rabbinical studies will value this honest look at the preeminent American Jewish thinker and rabbi of our times.
The Forerunners
Publication Date: February 2018
He details the contributions and the leadership provided by the Dutch Jews and relates how they lost their "Dutchnessand their Orthodoxy within several generations of their arrival here and were absorbed into broader American Judaism.
Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939
Publication Date: February 2018
Soyer explores this process of construction by raising more specific questions about what immigrants themselves have meant by Americanization and how their hometown associations played an important part in the process.
Going Greek
Publication Date: February 2018
In Going Greek Marianne Sanua examines the founding of Jewish fraternities in light of such topics as antisemitism, the unique challenges faced by Jewish students on campuses across the United States, responses to World War II, and questions pertaining to assimilation and/or identity reinforcement.
Rebecca Gratz
Publication Date: December 2015
Rebecca Gratz is the first book to examine Gratz's life, her legend, and our memory.
Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush
Publication Date: September 2002
Scholars and students of Jewish history and immigration studies, and readers interested in Gold Rush history, will enjoy this look at the development of California’s Jewish community.
Communings of the Spirit
Publication Date: May 2002
Undeterred by attacks on his radical beliefs, he never wavered in the pursuit of a more dynamic Judaism.
Judaism Faces the Twentieth Century
Publication Date: December 1994
Based on a mass of unpublished letters, sermons, and a twenty-seven volume journal, this richly textured biography reappraises Kaplan's significance and offers an original and intimate look at the man, his mind, and his work.
Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism
Publication Date: October 1995
Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism tells an important part of the story of Judaism's response to the challenge of political freedom and social acceptance in a new, modern society Judaism itself was transformed as it came to terms with America, and the key figure in this process...
Envisioning Israel
Publication Date: November 1996
Written by leading scholars from various disciplines, the articles in this volume discuss the envisioning of Israel as it has evolved between two mythical parameters: Israel as the successful, stubborn nation that has survived tragedy; and Israel as holding out a unique promise of morality and justice—of being a light...
