Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chronological Essays
5. 1. America’s Earliest Jewish Settlers, 1654–1820 21
6. 2. Expanding Jewish Life in America, 1826–1901 47
7. 3. The Great Wave: Eastern European Jewish Immigration to the United States, 1880–1924 70
8. 4. American Judaism Between the Two World Wars 93
9. 5. Triumph, Accommodation, and Resistance: American Jewish Life from the End of World War II to the Six- Day War 114
10. 6. Influence and Affluence, 1967–2000 142
11. Topical Essays
12. 7. The Ever Dying Denomination: American Jewish Orthodoxy, 1824–1965 167
13. 8. The History of Jewish Education in America, 1700–2000 189
14. 9. A Regional Context for Pacific Jewry, 1880–1930 217
15. 10. Fun and Games: The American Jewish Social Club 246
16. 11. A Multithematic Approach to Southern Jewish History 263
17. 12. American Jewish Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust 291
18. 13. Holocaust Consciousness and American Jewish Politics 313
19. 14. What Is American Jewish Culture? 337
20. 15. Rites of Citizenship: Jewish Celebrations of the Nation 366
21. 16. A Bright New Constellation 385
22. 17. Contemporary Jewish Thought 406
23. 18. There’s No Space Like Home 433
24. Contributors 459
25. Index 463