Review
"...We see Jews go from minor characters in our presidents' lives to important positions in our government and politics..." --
Elliot Abrams, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center"...will help make Jewish and non-Jewish Americans aware and proud of a hitherto unexplained dimension of the American saga...Written with talent, taste, and tact." --
Emanuel S. Goldsmith,"A fascinating, well-organized, and highly readable compendium of little-known information concerning America's presidents and the Jews. Filled with surprises..." --
Jonathan D. Sarna, Professor of"It is a remarkable tribute...this is a 'reading' book, as well as a work for the reference shelf." --
Henry F. Graff, Professor:“This rich book chronicles the connections between Jews and the presidents administration by administration. --
Henry F. Graff, Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia UniversityA fascinating, well-organized, and highly readable compendium of little-known information concerning America’s presidents and the Jews. --
Jonathan D. Sarna, Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis UniversityThis is an amazing collection of facts about American history and Jewish history. --
Elliot Abrams, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
About the Author
David G. Dalin, a widely-published American Jewish historian, is currently a visiting scholar in Judaic Studies at George Washington University. He received a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brandeis University; and rabbinical ordination, as well as a second M.A., from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Rabbi Dalin is the author or coauthor of five previous books in the field of American Jewish history and Jewish religious thought. His Religion and State in the American Jewish Experience, written with Professor Jonathan D. Sarna of Brandeis University, was selected by Choice as one of the best academic books of 1998.
Rabbi Dalin's articles and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including American Jewish History, Commentary, Moment, Midstream, Conservative Judaism, Journal of Reform Judaism, Modern Judaism, Hadassah Magazine, the Weekly Standard, and the American Jewish Year Book.
Alfred J. Kolatch, a graduate of the Teachers' Institute of Yeshiva University and its College of Liberal Arts, was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, which subsequently awarded him the Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa. From 1941 to 1948 he served as rabbi of congregations in Columbia, South Carolina, and Kew Gardens, New York, and as a chaplain in the United States Army. In 1948 he founded Jonathan David Publishers, of which he has been president and editor-in-chief since its inception.
Rabbi Kolatch has authored more than forty books, the most popular of which are the best-selling Jewish Book of Why and its sequel, The Second Jewish Book of Why, as well as The New Name Dictionary and The Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names. His most recent works are Great Jewish Quotations: By Jews and About Jews and What Jews Say About God.
In addition to his scholarly work, Rabbi Kolatch has served as president of the Association of Jewish Chaplains of the Armed Forces and as vice-president of the interdenominational Military Chaplains Association of the United States.
