Zusammenfassung Offers insights into the history of Jews and Judaism in America. This title focuses on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic experience. It includes essays on the community of Orthodox Jews! the history of Jewish education in America! and! the rise of Jewish social clubs at the turn of the century.

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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 history of the synagogue in America for New York University Press. He and his wife, Linda Schermer Raphael, live in Washington, D.C.

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The second half of the book includes twelve thematic essays on a variety of important themes: the community of Orthodox Jews, the history of Jewish education in America, the rise of Jewish social clubs at the turn of the century, the history of southern and western Jewry, Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust; feminism's confrontation with Judaism, and the eternal question of what defines American Jewish culture. Contributions are written by distinguished scholars and seamlessly integrate recent scholarship. Endnotes provide the reader with access to the authors' research and sources.

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Table of ContentsIntroduction Marc Lee RaphaelChronological Essays1. America's Earliest Jewish Settlers, 1654-1820 Eli Faber 2. Expanding Jewish Life in America, 1826-1901 Dianne Ashton 3. The Great Wave: Eastern European Jewish Immigration to the United States, 1880-1924 Eric L. Goldstein 4. American Judaism Between the Two World Wars Jeffrey S. Gurock 5. Triumph, Accommodation, and Resistance: American Jewish Life from the End of World War II to the Six-Day War Riv-Ellen Prell 6. Influence and Affluence, 1967-2000 Stephen J. WhitfieldTopical Essays7. The Ever Dying Denomination: American Jewish Orthodoxy, 1824-1965 Kimmy Caplan 8. The History of Jewish Education in America, 1700-2000 Melissa Klapper 9. A Regional Context for Pacific Jewry, 1880-1930 William Toll 10. Fun and Games: The American Jewish Social Club Jenna Weissman Joselit 11. A Multithematic Approach to Southern Jewish History Mark K. Bauman 12. American Jewish Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust Rafael Medoff 13. Holocaust Consciousness and American Jewish Politics Michael E. Staub 14. What Is American Jewish Culture? Jeffrey Shandler 15. Rites of Citizenship: Jewish Celebrations of the Nation Beth S. Wenger 16. A Bright New Constellation: Feminism and American Judaism Pamela S. Nadell 17. Contemporary Jewish Thought Alan T. Levenson 18. There's No Space Like Home: The Representation of Jewish American Life Linda S. RaphaelContributors Index