New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna

Contents
Note to Readers
Acknowledgments
Introduction. “The Dynamic World of the American Jew”: Jonathan D. Sarna and the Varieties of Jewish Experience / Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola
1. “Concerning a Gate He Send to Our Kakam”: A Circum-Atlantic Divorce in the Eighteenth Century, 1774 / Holly Snyder
2. “To Bigotry No Sanction”: George Washington, America’s Jews, and Religious Freedom, 1790 / Jonathan D. Sarna
3. “And Made Them Wear a Hat”: Isaac Harby Asserts the Authenticity of Bareheaded Jewish Prayer, 1826 / Gary Phillip Zola
4. “The Kingdom Restored to Israel”: Mormon Apostle Orson Hyde’s Reflections on Judaism, 1841 / Jason M. Olson
5. “A Union of Heart, a Union of Action”: Isaac Leeser and the Challenge of Jewish Education in Nineteenth-Century America, 1843 / Jeffrey Haus
6. “That We Might Become a Shining Example”: The Innovations of David Einhorn’s Prayerbook Olat Tamid, 1858 / Phil M. Cohen
7. “A Jewish Chaplain for the Cameron Dragoons”: The Real Chaplaincy Controversy of the Civil War, 1861 / Adam D. Mendelsohn
8. “In the Strictest Jewish Orthodox Stile”: A Contract between Isaac Wolf and Congregation Etz Hayim (Pittsburgh, PA), 1864 / Shari Rabin
9. “Solicited on the Ground of Humanity, Recognized as a National Duty”: The Board of Delegates of American Israelites and the Rise of American Jewish Politics, 1872–1873 / Seth Korelitz
10. “As to the Validity of the Tribal Laws of the Jews”: The Fascination of the American Press with East European Jewish Marital Life, 1883–1902 / Geraldine Gudefin
11. “For the Defense of Our Jewish Interests”: Henry Pereira Mendes’s Call for an International Synod, 1886 / Zev Eleff
12. “Conversions to and from Judaism”: Joseph Krauskopf on American Christian Missions to the Jews, 1891 / Lincoln Mullen
13. “A Careful Student of the Religion of the East”: Charles T. Strauss Converts to Buddhism at the World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago, IL), 1893 / Emily Sigalow
14. “Without Sacrificing the Rights of Our Citizens”: Concerning the Ottoman Empire’s Restrictions on American Jews Entering Palestine, 1899 / Susanna Klosko
15. “Moses Presents the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel”: Emile Pissis’s Stained Glass Window of Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, CA), 1904–1905 / Joellyn Wallen Zollman
16. “For the Welfare of Israel in This Country”: Cyrus Adler, Henry Pereira Mendes, and the Creation of the United Synagogue of America, 1913 / Michael Cohen
17. “They Can Ship Me Anywhere”: An Ottoman Jewish Immigrant in the American Heartland, 1913 / Aviva Ben-Ur
18. “The Oriental Spanish Jewish Journal” La Amérika: The First Enduring Ladino Newspaper of the United States, 1913–14 / Aviva Ben-Ur
19. “The New Jerusalem”: A Gentile Perspective on New York’s Jews at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 1914 / David E. Kaufman
20. “The Gentleman Being Both a German and a Jew”: B. H. Roberts Nominates Simon Bamberger as Democratic Candidate for Governor of Utah, 1916 / Amber Taylor
21. “What Justice or Redress Can Be Gained”: East European Jewish Immigrants and Legal Aid, 1917 / Geraldine Gudefin
22. “A Prince in Israel”: S. Felix Mendelsohn’s Eulogy for Jacob H. Schiff, 1920 / Mina Muraoka
23. “The Ladies, God Bless ’Em, Used to Hold Bazaars, but Not Now”: American Jewish Women and Philanthropy, 1920 / Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
24. “No Aristocracy and No Snobocracy”: Samuel H. Goldenson and the Democratization of the Synagogue, 1922 / Dan Judson
25. “To Make Them Positive, Self-Conscious Jews”: The Shift in Reform Judaism to a Pro-Zionist Jewish Educational Agenda, 1922–1940 / Jonathan B. Krasner
26. “Conscious of Their Identity, They Marry Whom They Choose”: The Elopement of Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay, 1926
27. “To Observe the Sabbath in Its Time-Honored Way”: Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, KY) Debates the Elimination of Sunday Worship Services, 1931 / Dan Judson and Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
28. “The Man Who Crystallizes Greatness in the Twentieth Century”: Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA) Honors Albert Einstein, 1934
29. “Destiny Has Bound Us Together”: Albert Einstein Speaks to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA), 1934 / Lance J. Sussman
30. “Don’t Hush Me!”: American Jewish College Students and Jewish Identity in the Interwar Period, 1939 / Karla Goldman
31. “Ensuring Our Future”: The Creation of the Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs, 1939 / Mark A. Raider
32. “Farming as a Life Occupation”: Peter Salm and the National Farm School (Bucks County, PA), 1939–42 / Kerry M. Olitzky
33. “Citizenship, Civic Virtue, and Safeguarding Democracy”: Israel S. Chipkin on American Jewish Education, 1941 / Rona Sheramy
34. “Pilgrims,” also Known as “Mayflower and ‘Illegal’ Passenger Ship”: Arthur Szyk and the Twin Promised Lands of America and Palestine, 1946 / Karla Goldman and Mark A. Raider
35. “The Greater Sin”: Jacob M. Rothschild’s Yom Kippur Sermon on American Jews, the South, and Civil Rights, 1948 / Mark A. Raider
36. “What the Jews Believe”: A Liberal Rabbi Explains Judaism to the Readers of Life Magazine, 1950 / Rachel Gordan
37. “Our Simple Duty as Jews”: Herbert A. Friedman’s Radio Address for the United Jewish Appeal, 1957 / Felicia Herman
38. “Valiant Builders and Fighters and Dreamers”: Abba Hillel Silver on American Jewish Relations with Israel, 1957 / Ofer Shiff
39. “We Must Change Our Line”: Will Maslow’s Report on the Conference of the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs, 1960 / Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola
40. “You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love Levy’s”: Levy’s Real Jewish Rye Advertising Campaign, 1961
41. “An Intolerable Situation and a Moral Blot on Humanity”: American Jews Respond to the Plight of Soviet Jewry, 1964 / Amaryah Orenstein
42. “Israel’s Essential Emissary”: Golda Meir on the Cover of Time Magazine, 1969
43. “To Secure Israel’s Survival and Security”: President Gerald R. Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Meet with American Jewish Leaders, 1976 / Mark A. Raider
44. “Power in the Promised Land”: The Incredible Hulk and Sabra, 1981
45. “Overlooked, Out There on the Rim, in the Southern Part of America”: Eli N. Evans, Macy B. Hart, and the Project of Southern Jewish History, 1987 / Shari Rabin
46. “A Natural Alliance”: Alexander M. Schindler on Black–Jewish Relations, 1987 and 1992 / Gary Phillip Zola
47. “To Shift from the Child to the Family”: American Jews and the Challenge of Continuity, 1988 / Beth Cousens
48. “The World Is Not the Same since Auschwitz and Hiroshima”: Kathy (Schwartz) Cohen’s Reflections on Tisha Beav, 1988 / Mina Muraoka
49. “To Combat Homophobia”: Jewish Activist Gays and Lesbians, 1994 / Jonathan B. Krasner
50. “Global Identity Free of Prejudices and Boundaries”: The Indian-American-Jewish Artist Siona Benjamin’s Tikkun Ha-Olam, 2000
51. “Taking This Prohibited Act and Using It to Feel More Jewish”: American Jews and Tattoos, 2000–2020
52. “Leveling the Playing Field”: Women and American Jewish Organizational Life, 2008 / Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
53. “It’s Important for People to Know I Am Who I Am”: Transgender American Jews, 2016
54. “The Kotel Belongs to All Jews Worldwide”: The American Jewish Committee and the Western Wall Controversy, 2017 / Jonathan Golden
55. “The Full Humanity and Precious Value of Every Individual Black Life”: The Haggadah Supplement of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, 2019
Glossary
Select Bibliography of Works by Jonathan D. Sarna
About Jonathan D. Sarna
About the Contributors
Index