New perspectives in American Jewish history : a documentary tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna /
""New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna," compiled by Sarna's former students, presents heretofore unpublished, neglected, and rarely seen historical records, documents, and images that illuminate the heterogeneity, breadth, diver...
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Waltham, Massachusetts :
Brandeis University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: "The dynamic world of the American Jew" : Jonathan D. Sarna and the varieties of Jewish experience
- "Concerning a Gate he send to our Kakam" : a circum-Atlantic divorce in the eighteenth century, 1774
- "To bigotry no sanction" : George Washington, America's Jews, and religious freedom, 1790
- "And made them wear a hat" : Isaac Harby asserts the authenticity of bareheaded Jewish prayer, 1826
- "The kingdom restored to Israel" : Mormon apostle Orson Hyde's reflections on Judaism, 1841
- "A union of heart, a union of action" : Isaac Leeser and the challenge of Jewish education in nineteenth-century America, 1843
- "That we might become a shining example" : the innovations of David Einhorn's prayerbook Olat Tamid, 1858
- "A Jewish chaplain for the Cameron Dragoons" : the real chaplaincy controversy of the Civil War, 1861
- "In the strictest Jewish orthodox Stile" : a contract between Isaac Wolf and Congregation Etz Hayim (Pittsburgh, PA), 1864
- "Solicited on the ground of humanity, recognized as a national duty" : the Board of Delegates of American Israelites and the rise of American Jewish politics, 1872-1873
- "As to the validity of the tribal laws of the Jews" : the fascination of the American press with East European Jewish marital life, 1883-1902
- "For the defense of our Jewish interests" : Henry Pereira Mendes's call for an international Synod, 1886
- "Conversions to and from Judaism" : Joseph Krauskopf on American Christian Missions to the Jews, 1891
- "A careful student of the religion of the East" : Charles T. Strauss converts to Buddhism at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, IL), 1893
- "Without sacrificing the rights of our citizens" : concerning the Ottoman Empire's restrictions on American Jews entering Palestine, 1899
- "Moses presents the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel" : Emile Pissis's stained glass window of Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, CA). 1904-1905
- "For the welfare of Israel in this country" : Cyrus Adler, Henry Pereira Mendes, and the creation of the United Synagogue of America, 1913
- "They can ship me anywhere" : an Ottoman Jewish immigrant in the American heartland, 1913
- "The oriental Spanish Jewish journal" La Amérika : the first enduring ladino newspaper of the United States, 1913-14
- "The New Jerusalem" : a gentile perspective on New York's Jews at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 1914
- "The gentleman being both a German and a Jew" : B. H. Roberts nominates Simon Bamberger as democratic candidate for Governor of Utah, 1916
- "What justice or redress can be gained" : East European Jewish immigrants and legal aid, 1917
- "A prince in Israel" : S. Felix Mendelsohn's eulogy for Jacob H. Schiff. 1920
- "The ladies, God bless 'em, used to hold bazaars, but not now" : American Jewish women and philanthropy, 1920
- "No aristocracy and no snobocracy" : Samuel H. Goldenson and the democratization of the synagogue, 1922
- "To make them positive. self-conscious Jews" : the shift in reform Judaism to a pro-Zionist Jewish educational agenda, 1922-1940
- "Conscious of their identity, they marry whom they choose" : the elopement of Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay, 1926
- "To observe the Sabbath in its time-honored way" : Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, KY) debates the elimination of Sunday worship services, 1931
- "The man who crystallizes greatness in the twentieth century" : Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA) honors Albert Einstein, 1934
- "Destiny has bound us together" : Albert Einstein speaks to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA), 1934
- "Don't hush me!" : American Jewish college students and Jewish identity in the interwar period, 1939
- "Ensuring our future" : the creation of the Emergency Committee for Zionist affairs, 1939
- "Farming as a life occupation" : Peter Salm and the national farm school (Bucks County, PA), 1939-42
- "Citizenship, civic virtue, and safeguarding democracy" : Israel S. Chipkin on American Jewish education, 1941
- Pilgrims," also known as "Mayflower and 'illegal' passenger ship" : Arthur Szyk and the twin promised lands of America and Palestine, 1946
- "The greater sin" : Jacob M. Rothschild's Yom Kippur sermon on American Jews, the South, and civil rights, 1948
- "What the Jews believe" : a liberal Rabbi explains Judaism to the readers of Life magazine, 1950
- "Our simple duty as Jews" : Herbert A. Friedman's radio address for the United Jewish appeal, 1957
- "Valiant builders and fighters and dreamers" : Abba Hillel Silver on American Jewish relations with Israel, 1957
- "We must change our line" : Will Maslow's report on the conference of the American Zionist committee for public affairs, 1960
- "You don't have to be Jewish to Love Levy's" : Levy's real Jewish rye advertising campaign, 1961
- "An intolerable situation and a moral blot on humanity" : American Jews respond to the plight of Soviet jewry, 1964
- "Israel's essential emissary" : Golda Meir on the cover of Time magazine, 1969
- "To secure Israel's survival and security" : President Gerald R, Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet with American Jewish leaders, 1976
- "Power in the promised land" : the incredible Hulk and Sabra, 1981
- "Overlooked, out there on the rim, in the southern part of America" : Eli N. Evans, Macy B. Hart, and the project of southern Jewish history, 1987
- "A natural alliance" : Alexander M. Schindler on Black-Jewish relations, 1987 and 1992
- "To shift from the child to the family" : American Jews and the challenge of continuity, 1988
- "The world is not the same since Auschwitz and Hiroshima" : Kathy (Schwartz) Cohen's reflections on Tisha Beav, 1988
- "To combat homophobia" : Jewish activist gays and lesbians, 1994
- "Global identity free of prejudices and boundaries" : the Indian-American-Jewish artist Siona Benjamin's Tikkun Ha-Olam, 2000
- "Taking this prohibited act and using it to feel more Jewish" : American Jews and tattoos, 2000-2020
- "Leveling the playing field" : women and American Jewish organizational life, 2008
- "It's important for people to know who I am" : transgender American Jews, 2016
- "The Kotel belongs to all Jews worldwide" : the American Jewish committee and the Western Wall controversy, 2017
- "The full humanity and precious value of every individual Black life" : the Haggadah supplement of Jews for racial and economic justice, 2019.