- Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 247 p.) : ill.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Synagogue in America (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Synagogue in America (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2010047146
- OCLC
- ssj0000525991
- Author
Raphael, Marc Lee.
- Title
The synagogue in America [electronic resource] : a short history / Marc Lee Raphael.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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