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Urban Origins of American Judaism [electronic resource]

By: Series: George H. Shriver lecture series in religion in American historyPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780820347929 (electronic bk.)
  • 0820347922 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Urban Origins of American Judaism.DDC classification:
  • 296.0973 22
LOC classification:
  • BM205 .M66 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. SYNAGOGUES; CHAPTER 2. STREETS; CHAPTER 3. SNAPSHOTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary: The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice. Deborah Dash Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of urban living for American Jews across three centuries. Looking at synagogues, streets, and snapshots, she contends that key features of American Judaism can be understood as an imaginative product grounded in urban potentials. Jews signaled their collective urban presence through synagogue construct.
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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. SYNAGOGUES; CHAPTER 2. STREETS; CHAPTER 3. SNAPSHOTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice. Deborah Dash Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of urban living for American Jews across three centuries. Looking at synagogues, streets, and snapshots, she contends that key features of American Judaism can be understood as an imaginative product grounded in urban potentials. Jews signaled their collective urban presence through synagogue construct.

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