Jonathan D. Sarna

JPS: The Americanization of Jewish Culture, 1888-1988 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Jewish Publication Society
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780827618862
• Artikelnr.: 72461101

Autorenporträt

Jonathan D. Sarna is University Professor and the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, as well as the director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. He is also the chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History. Sarna has written, edited, or coedited more than thirty books, including Coming to Terms with America: Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture (JPS, 2021) and the acclaimed American Judaism: A History, winner of six awards, including the National Jewish Book Award’s Jewish Book of the Year.  

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. False Starts
2. A real Beginning
3. The golden Years
4. The Henrietta Szold Era
5. The Bible, the Classics, and the Legends
6. The Lean Years
7. The Maurice Jacobs Years
8. The Postwar Challenge
9. Continuity and Change
Epilogue
Abbreviations and Short Titles
Notes
Appendixes
Index