Jews on the Frontier : : Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America / / Shari Rabin.
Winner, 2017 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies presented by the Jewish Book Council Finalist, 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, presented by the Jewish Book Council An engaging history of how Jews forged their own religious culture on the American frontierJews on the Fr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | North American Religions
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Movement and Belonging
- 1. Wandering Sons of Israel
- 2. Reminding Myself That I Am a Jew
- Part II. The Lived Religion of American Jews
- 3. I Prefer Choice Myself
- 4. ’Tis in the Spirit Not in the Form
- Part III. Creating an American Judaism
- 5. A Congregation of Strangers
- 6. The Empire of Our Religion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author