The synagogue in America : a short history / Marc Lee Raphael.

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Raphael, Marc Lee.

Title & Author:

The synagogue in America : a short history / Marc Lee Raphael.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Building the synagogue community in colonial America : the earliest years -- Reforming Judaism everywhere : ushering in change in the nineteenth century -- An explosion of immigrant synagogues : Jewish mass migration to America -- Conservative and Orthodox Judaism define themsleves : between the wars -- Expanding suburbs and synagogues : the post-World War II years -- Reinventing, experimenting, and reaching up : Judaism after 1967.

Summary:

Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.

Resources:
Full text available from EBSCO PALCI DDA Purchased Titles 2014

ISBN:

9780814775820 (cl ; alk. paper)
0814775829 (cl ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9780814777046
081477704X

Subject:

Synagogues United States History.
Judaism United States History.
Jews United States History.
Jews United States Social life and customs.
Judaïsme États-Unis Histoire.
Juifs États-Unis Histoire.
Juifs États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
11.20 Judaism: general.
Jews
Jews Social life and customs
Judaism
Synagogues
Synagoges.
Synagoge.
Judentum.
Juden.
Brauchtum.
United States
USA.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273598
Call No.: BIB 207270
Status: Available

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