Jonathan D. Sarna, editor
Offering a range of the liveliest, most informative writing on Jews in America from colonial times to the present, the revised edition of this popular collection, with nine new chapters, explores both contemporary issues and traditional areas of interest. An editor's note preceding each chapter highlights context and relevance, and a bibliographic essay follows each section.
Jonathan D. Sarna is Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History. He is author or editor of more than twenty books, including the acclaimed American Judaism: A History.
"Simply the best college-level reader available to professors and students alike.... A volume that must be on every university syllabus concerned with the history of Jewish life in America."—American Jewish Archives
"In a clear and cogent introduction Sarna sets down the key themes of the American Jewish experience, showing how American Jews grappled with the dilemma of synthesizing their Jewish and American identities and remaining committed to Jewish survival in a culturally pluralistic society at the same time that they moved to embrace the promises of the American dream."—Journal of American Ethnic History
