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    American Judaism

    A History

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    Narrated by Philip M. Leavitt ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 43 min

    This magisterial work (winner of the National Jewish Book Award and other honors) chronicles the 350-year history of the Jewish religion in America. Tracing American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, Jonathan Sarna explores the ways in which Judaism adapted in this new context. How did American culture - predominantly Protestant and overwhelmingly capitalist - ... Read more

    $20.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jews and the Civil War

    A Reader

    by Jonathan D Sarna, Adam D Mendelsohn ...
    An "invaluable" collection of essays revealing the experience of Jewish soldiers and civilians during the Civil War: "Essential and illuminating." — Harold Holzer, Moment MagazineAt least 8,000 Jewish soldiers fought for the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. A few served together in Jewish companies while most fought alongside Christian comrades. Yet even as they stood "shoulder-to ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Judaism

    A History, Second Edition

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    Jonathan D. Sarna’s award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years. Praise for the first edition: “Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Lincoln and the Jews

    A History

    by Jonathan D. Sarna, Benjamin Shapell ...
    A study of Lincoln's relationship with Jews during his life—"A spectacular collection of primary documents. . . . A treasure" (Doris Kearns Goodwin)."A vivid, fresh perspective on Lincoln's life and times." — Kirkus ReviewsOne hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln's death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. Lincoln and the Jews: A ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • When General Grant Expelled the Jews

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    Series series Jewish Encounters Series
    Finalist, 2012 National Jewish Book AwardsA riveting account of General Ulysses S. Grant’s decision, in the middle of the Civil War, to order the expulsion of all Jews from the territory under his command, and the reverberations of that decision on Grant’s political career, on the nascent American Jewish community, and on the American political process.On December 17, 1862, just weeks before ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Jews and American Public Life

    Essays on American Jewish History and Politics

    by David G. Dalin ...
    Series series North American Jewish Studies
    Over a career spanning forty years, David G. Dalin has written extensively about the role of American Jews in public life, from the nation’s founding, to presidential appointments of Jews, to lobbying for the welfare of Jews abroad, to Jewish prominence in government, philanthropy, intellectual life, and sports, and their one-time prominence in the Republican Party. His work on the separation of ... Read more

    $134.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Judaism: A History

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    This magisterial work chronicles the 350-year history of the Jewish religion in America. Tracing American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, Jonathan Sarna explores the ways in which Judaism adapted in this new context. How did American culture-predominantly Protestant and overwhelmingly capitalist-affect Jewish religion and culture? And how did American Jews ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Empowered Judaism

    What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities

    by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer ...
    The inside story and practical lessons from one of the most exciting developments in contemporary Judaism.Part description and part prescription, Empowered Judaism is a manifesto for transforming the way Jews pray andmore broadlyfor building vibrant Jewish communities. [It] represents the latest chapter in [an] uplifting history of religious creativity. This is a book that every Jewish leader will ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Time to Every Purpose

    Letters to a Young Jew

    by Jonathan D Sarna ...
    At the turn of the twenty-first century, the central question confronting Jewish leaders in America is simple:Why be Jewish?Jonathan D. Sarna, acclaimed scholar of American Judaism, believes that "Why be Jewish?" is the wrong question. Judaism, he believes, is not so much a "why" as a way -- a way of life, a way of marking time, a way of relating to the environment, to human beings, to family, and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • JPS: The Americanization of Jewish Culture, 1888–1988

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    Series series Philip and Muriel Berman Edition
    Jonathan Sarna’s meticulously documented centennial history presents the personalities and the controversies, the struggles and the achievements behind a century of publishing by America’s foremost publisher of Jewish books in English.Sarna’s engaging blend of anecdote and analysis contextualizes the Jewish Publication Society within American Jewry’s evolving social, political, and cultural ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Coming to Terms with America

    Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture

    by Jonathan D. Sarna ...
    Series series A JPS Scholar of Distinction Book
    Coming to Terms with America examines how Jews have long “straddled two civilizations,” endeavoring to be both Jewish and American at once, from the American Revolution to today.In fifteen engaging essays, Jonathan D. Sarna investigates the many facets of the Jewish-American encounter—what Jews have borrowed from their surroundings, what they have resisted, what they have synthesized, and what ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • A Place of Our Own

    The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping

    by Gerard W. Kaye, Michael Zeldin, Jonathan D. Sarna, Judah Cohen, Hillel Gamoran, Donald Splansky ...
    Series series Judaic Studies Series
    The history of educational summer camps in American Reform JudaismThe history of educational summer camps in American Reform Judaism. Reform Judaism is not the only religious community in America to make the summer camp experience a vital part of a faith community's effort to impart its values and beliefs to its adolescents, but perhaps no group relied more on summer camp as an adjunct to home and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD