The American synagogue : a sanctuary transformed / edited by Jack Wertheimer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wertheimer, Jack.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synagogues--United States--History.

Synagogues.

Judaism--United States--History.

Judaism.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Eng] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

Wertheimer's is the first study to chart the course of American synagogue history from colonial times to the present. Fourteen commissioned essays written by prominent scholars of Jewish American history offer a penetrating examination of synagogue development. Through case studies of individual congregations across the country, the authors investigate a wide range of isssues, posing such questions as: What roles have been assigned to the synagogue in various eras in American history? How have the synagogues of the three major denominations--Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform--differed? How have immigrant congregations become Americanized? And by what processes have innovations in synagogue ritual been introduced? The resulting analyses illustrate the richness and diversity of the American synagogue and provide a valuable framework for further study of the significance of the congregation in American religious life.

Notes:

"A centennial publication of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Local Notes:

Acc.# 203282

ISBN:

0521332907

OCLC:

16352412