Leading historians of modern Jewry offer the first comprehensive account of American synagogue history.
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"Wertheimer has brought together a group of social historians who have helped demonstrate the centrality of the synagogue to the American Jewish experience, and who have given us a rich beginning for the exploration of synagogue history." --Journal of American History
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The book begins with an overview of the historical transformation and denominational differentiation of American synagogues. The essays in the second section offer in-depth analyses of the critical challenges to and changes in synagogue life through innovative studies of representative congregations.
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Little more than half a year after the first Jews arrived in New Amsterdam, the Reverend Johann Megapolensis of the Reformed Dutch Church wrote to his superiors in Amsterdam, on March 18, 1655: "Last summer some Jews came here from Holland. . . . Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Little more than half a year after the first Jews arrived in New Amsterdam, the Reverend Johann Megapolensis of the Reformed Dutch Church wrote to his superiors in Amsterdam, on March 18, 1655: "Last summer some Jews came here from Holland. . . . Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
synagogue supplementary school, mixed pews, stadt shul, synagogue precincts, mixed seating, synagogue administration, new prayerbook, family seating, special congregational meeting, immigrant synagogues, united synagogue, synagogue life, synagogue seating, conservative synagogues, congregational schools, supplementary schools, beth hamidrash, synagogue honors, speaking rabbi, synagogue sisterhood, synagogue center, synagogue leadership, immigrant congregations, triennial cycle, reform congregations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, American Jewish, New Hope, Oheb Shalom, East European, Chizuk Amuno, Beth Israel, Mishkan Tefila, United States, Brooklyn Jewish Center, B'nai Jeshurun, Reform Judaism, German Jewish, Conservative Judaism, German Jews, Baltimore Hebrew, Ezra Bessaroth, World War, Young Israel, Shearith Israel, American Jews, American Judaism, Rodeph Shalom, Beth Elohim, Jewish Theological Seminary New!
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- Jews in Suburbia by Albert Isaac Gordon on 6 pages
- American Judaism (The Chicago History of American Civilization) by Nathan Glazer on 4 pages
- People Walk on Their Heads: Jews and Judaism in New York by Moses Weinberger in Front Matter, page 76, and page 390
- History of the Jews of Cleveland (Western Reserve Historical Society) by Lloyd P. Gartner on page 142, page 262, and page 267
- Jewish Law in American Tribunals by Bernard Meislin on page 391, and page 393
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- Alternatives to Assimilation: The Response of Reform Judaism to American Culture, 1840-1930 (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture and Life) by Alan Silverstein on 18 pages
- Beyond the Synagogue Gallery: Finding a Place for Women in American Judaism by Karla Goldman on 7 pages
- Women and American Judaism: Historical Perspectives (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by Pamela S. Nadell on 5 pages
- Jews in the Center: Conservative Synagogues and Their Members by Jack Wertheimer on page 65, page 228, and page 355
- Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue by Sidney Schwarz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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