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The synagogue in America

Raphael, Marc Lee.

The synagogue in America a short history / [electronic resource] : Marc Lee Raphael. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (vii, 247 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.

9780814769300 0814769306




Jews--Social life and customs.--United States
Jews--History.--United States
Judaism--History.--United States
Synagogues--History.--United States


Electronic books.

BM205 / .R372 2011

296.6/50973