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Raphael, Marc Lee.

The Synagogue in America A Short History / [Recurso electrónico] : Marc Lee Raphael. - New York : New York University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (vii, 247 p. :) ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building the synagogue community in colonial America : the earliest years -- Reforming Judaism everywhere : ushering in change in the nineteenth century -- An explosion of immigrant synagogues : Jewish mass migration to America -- Conservative and Orthodox Judaism define themsleves : between the wars -- Expanding suburbs and synagogues : the post-World War II years -- Reinventing, experimenting, and reaching up : Judaism after 1967.

Libro Electrónico

Chronicles the history of the Jewish synagogue in America over the course of three centuries, discussing its changing role in the American Jewish community.

ISBN: 9780814769300 0814769306

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--Social life and customs.--United States
Jews--History.--United States
Judaism--History.--United States
Synagogues--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM205 / .R372 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 296.6/50973