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Written by the most prominent scholars in American Jewish history, this encyclopedia illuminates the varied experiences of America's Jews and their impact on American society and culture over three and a half centuries.American Jews have profoundly shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. Yet American history texts have largely ignored the Jewish experience. The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History corrects that omission.In essays and short entries written by 125 of the world's leading scholars of American Jewish history and culture, this encyclopedia explores both religious and secular aspects of American Jewish life. It examines the European background and immigration of American Jews and their impact on the professions and academic disciplines, mass culture and the arts, literature and theater, and labor and radical movements. It explores Zionism, antisemitism, responses to the Holocaust, the branches of Judaism, and Jews'relations with other groups, including Christians, Muslims, and African Americans. The encyclopedia covers the Jewish press and education, Jewish organizations, and Jews'participation in America's wars. In two comprehensive volumes, Encyclopedia of Amer
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- Author
- Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, editors
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO; Bloomsbury
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781851096381
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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