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1	American Judaism: A History more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.89! new only from $14.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	A Time to Every Purpose: Letters to a Young Jew more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	American Jewish Experience 2nd Edition more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist A popular, expansive guide to American Jewish history, this book examines such issues as the role of women in American Jewish society and Jews in American popular culture. This title has been included as required reading in college courses throughout the U.S. see all copies from $3.82! new only from $66.29!
4	Women and American Judaism more books like this by Pamela Susan Nadell (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist New portrayals of the religious lives of American Jewish women from colonial times to the present. see all copies from $5.71! new only from $5.71!
5	The Jews of Boston more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Ellen Smith (Editor) add to wishlist A comprehensive history of the Boston Jewish community, illustrated with over 250 rare photographs. see all copies from $9.40! new only from $22.71! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Creating American Jews: Historical Conversations about Identity more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna, Karen S Mittelman, Jenna W Joselit add to wishlist Offering a fresh look at an ongoing dilemma, Creating American Jews explores the struggle to create a distinctive American Jewish sense of self and community, from the 18th century to the present day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.13! \| first editions
7	Ethnic Diversity and Civic Identity: Patterns of Conflict and Cohesion in Cincinnati Since 1820 more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Henry D Shapiro (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.40! new only from $2.64! \| first editions
8	Jewish History: The Big Picture more books like this by Gila Gevirtz, Jonathan D Sarna (Adapted by), Jonathan B Krasner (Adapted by) add to wishlist see all copies from $17.21! new only from $17.21! \| SVS
9	Jewish Stories and Hebrew Melodies more books like this by Heinrich Heine, Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist The stories, essays and poems collected in this work show the author's fascination with his ancestral religion. It provides a modern defense of the persecuted Jew. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.91! \| first editions
10	Jewish Polity and American Civil Society: Communal Agencies and Religious Movements in the American Public Sphere more books like this by Alan L Mittleman (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Robert A Licht (Editor) add to wishlist Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Over the course of the last century, Jewish agencies and religious ... see all copies from $28.92! new only from $32.00! \| SVS
11	Jacksonian Jew more books like this by Jonathan D. Sarna add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99! new only from $13.25! \| first editions
12	Observing Americas Jews more books like this by Marshall Sklare, Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist Collected essays by a preeminent authority on American Jewish history. see all copies from $3.35! new only from $31.52! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Jews and the American Public Square: Debating Religion and Republic more books like this by Alan L Mittleman (Editor), Robert A Licht (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist A study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and analyzes Jewish responses to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. It also explores how the contemporary sociological and political characteristics of ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.00!
14 view cover	America and Zion: Essays and Papers in Memory of Moshe Davis more books like this by Eli Lederhendler (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist Moshe Davis was a preeminent scholar of contemporary Jewish history and the founding head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recognized leader in the field of bicultural American/Jewish studies, he was a mentor to educators and academics in both Israel and North America and an active colleague of ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	America: The Jewish Experience more books like this by Sondra Leiman, Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist Aimed at intermediate grades (5-6), this spirited text chronicles the story of Jewish migration to America from the earliest colonial settlement in 1654 to the present day. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $11.35! \| SVS
16	Religion State Jewish Experience more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna, David G Dalin add to wishlist This text focuses on what it means to be Jewish in America and the different positions held within the Jewish community on past and present church-state issues - whether Orthodox Jews in the military should wear yarmulkes while in uniform - and if Jewish prisoners have a right to Kosher food. see all copies from $10.75! new only from $26.68!
17	American Synagogue History: A Bibliography and State-Of-The-Field Survey more books like this by Jonathan D. Sarna, Alexandra S. Korros add to wishlist A bibliography of American synagogue histories. It contains more than 1100 histories, plus selected secondary sources and an appendix detailing synagogue architecture. see all copies from $10.08! new only from $31.05! \| first editions
18 view cover	JPS: The Americanization of Jewish Culture, 1888-1988 more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna add to wishlist Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Publication Society, Jonathan Sarna's engaging blend of anecdote and analysis presents the personalities and the controversies, the struggles and the achievements behind a century of publishing by the oldest English-language publisher of Jewish books in the world. Includes several black and ... see all copies from $6.25! new only from $34.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor) add to wishlist Covering the period from roughly the Civil War to World War I, a collection of scholars explores how minority faiths in the United States met the challenges posed to them by the American Protestant mainstream. Contributors focus on Judaism, Catholicism, Mormonism, Protestant immigrant faiths, African American churches, and Native American ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.00!
20	XX American Jewish Experience See 2nd Edition more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna add to wishlist A popular, expansive guide to American Jewish history, this book examines such issues as the role of women in American Jewish society and Jews in American popular culture. This title has been included as required reading in college courses throughout the U.S. see all copies from $6.20! SVS
21 view cover	Religion and State in the American Jewish Experience more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Johnathan D Sarna, David G Dalin (Editor) add to wishlist This text focuses on what it means to be Jewish in America and the different positions held within the Jewish community on past and present church-state issues - whether Orthodox Jews in the military should wear yarmulkes while in uniform - and if Jewish prisoners have a right to Kosher food. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $46.64!
22 view cover	My Yeshiva College: 75 Years of Memories more books like this by Menachem Butler (Editor), Zev Nagel (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Afterword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.79! new only from $25.80! \| first editions
23	From Plotzk to Boston more books like this by Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Mary Antin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
24	Old New Land =: Altneuland more books like this by Jonathan D. Sarna (Editor), Jacques Kornberg, Theodor Herzl add to wishlist see all copies from $28.50!
25 view cover	Abba Hillel Silver and American Zionism more books like this by Ronald W Zweig (Editor), Jonathan D Sarna (Editor), Mark A Raider (Editor) add to wishlist Bringing together, for the first time, several distinguished historians of Zionism and the American Jewish experience, Abba Hillel Silver and American Zionism offers a comprehensive treatment of one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent Jewish political figures. Silver was a champion of American Zionism whose singular role in modern Jewish ... see all copies from $49.49! new only from $54.85! \| SVS

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