Overview

Though never more than a tiny percentage of the population, Jews have been persistent--if perplexing--participants in the American community at least since they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. This volume creates a vibrant dialogue among the varied approaches to the study of American Jews, taking stock of the field and working to move it forward in conversation with American history and modern Jewish history. Its authors are drawn from the ranks of the senior scholars who pioneered American Jewish history, often from the vantage point of other areas of study, as well as younger scholars, both those trained as historians and those studying American Jews from other disciplines. The Handbook will act as a guide for outside scholars looking to understand American Jews and for those within American Jewish history interested in up-to-date accounts of key themes in the field. Its essays explore a variety of conceptual frameworks that have been and continue to be important for understanding American Jews and move forward into the arena of American Jewish studies, highlighting how new methodologies can enhance scholarly understandings. Taken as a whole, the Oxford Handbook of American Jewish History makes a compelling case for the importance of this community for American and world histories.

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Author:   Shari Rabin (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Oberlin College) ,  Michael R. Cohen (Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience, Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience, Tulane University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.089kg
ISBN:  

9780190081003

ISBN 10:   0190081007
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   19 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Shari Rabin and Michael R. Cohen Part I: Geographic Frames Chapter 1: American Jewish History in Atlantic Perspective Aviva Ben-Ur Chapter 2: Migration: Reassessing the Historiography of Jewish Migration to North America Tobias Brinkmann Chapter 3: Urbanism Deborah Dash Moore Part II: America in Modern Jewish History Chapter 4: Emancipation David Sorkin Chapter 5: Sovereignty and Integration: The Poles of American Jewish Politics Simon Rabinovitch Chapter 6: Jewish Emigration to the United States and Elsewhere, 1875-1924 Gur Alroey Chapter 7: Antisemitism in America Susannah Heschel Chapter 8: The Holocaust in American History and Memory Rachel Deblinger Chapter 9: Zionism and Israel Noam Pianko Chapter 10: The Jewish Book in America Jonathan D. Sarna Part III: Jews in American History Chapter 11: The Revolution and the Early Republic Toni Pitock Chapter 12: The Civil War and Reconstruction in American Jewish History and Memory Adam D. Mendelsohn Chapter 13: Mass Migration and Immigration Policy Alan M. Kraut Chapter 14: Jews in Multi-Ethnic America Jeffrey S. Gurock Chapter 15: American Jews and Social Movements Melissa R. Klapper Chapter 16: American Jews and the World Wars Jessica Cooperman Chapter 17: Liberalism Lila Corwin Berman Chapter 18: Cold War Judaism Rachel Gordan Part IV: Thematic Frames Chapter 19: Economic Life Michael R. Cohen Chapter 20: Secularism Beth S. Wenger Chapter 21: American Jews and the Question of Religion Shari Rabin Chapter 22: Race: Its Meanings for American Jewish History Hasia Diner Chapter 23: Jews of Color Samira Mehta Chapter 24: Ethnicity-Based Research in American Jewish History M. M. Silver Chapter 25: Class Eli Lederhendler Chapter 26: Gender and Sexuality Sarah Imhoff Chapter 27: In American Jewish Women's History, the Political is Personal Pamela S. Nadell Chapter 28: Children and Youth in American Jewish History Sandra Fox Part V: Methodologies Chapter 29: Jewish American Material Culture Laura Arnold Leibman Chapter 30: The Musical Performance of American Jewish Heritage Judah M. Cohen Chapter 31: American Jews and Popular Culture Jennifer Caplan Chapter 32: How American Jewish Historians and Other Scholars Are Rethinking the Field Riv-Ellen Prell Index

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Shari Rabin is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion, and Chair of Jewish Studies, at Oberlin College. Michael R. Cohen is the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University, and the Founding Director of the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience.

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