New Perspectives in American Jewish History - A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. SarnaAuthor :
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Published : Monday 3 January 2022
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Widely regarded as todayâ?Ts foremost American Jewish historian, Jonathan D. SarnaA had a hugeA impact on the academy. Sarnaâ?Ts influenceA is perhaps nowhere more apparent than among his former doctoral studentsâ?"aA veritable â?oSarna diasporaâ?? of over three dozen active scholarsA around the world.A Both a tribute to Sarna and an important collection in its own right, New Perspectives in American Jewish HistoryA wasA compiled by Sarnaâ?Ts former studentsA andA presents previously unpublished, neglected,A orA rarely seen historical documents and images that illuminate the breadth, diversity, and dynamism of the American Jewish experience. Beginning with the earliest known Jewish divorce in circum-Atlantic history (1774) and concluding with a Black Lives Matter Haggadah supplement (2019), the collection travels across time and space toA shed light onA intriguing and generative moments that span the varieties of Jewish experience in the American setting from the colonial era to the present. The materials underscore the interrelationship of myriad themesA includingA ritual observance, Jewish-Christian relations, civil rights, Zionism and Israel,A andA immigration. While not intended as a comprehensive treatment of American Jewish history, the collection offers a chronological road map of American Jewryâ?Ts evolving self-understanding and encounter with America over the course of four centuries. A brief prefatory note sets up the analytic context of each document and helps to unpack and explore its significance. The capacious and multifaceted quality of the American Jewish experience is further amplified here by a sampling of artistic textsA such asA photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and more.A
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