TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moore,Deborah Dash
TI  - Urban Origins of American Judaism
T2  - George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History
SN  - 9780820347929 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BM205 .M66 2014 
U1  - 296.0973 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Athens
PB  - University of Georgia Press
KW  - Judaism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 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
N2  - 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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