<p>The second volume of this seminal work on American Jewry covers the period from 1841 to 1860. Unlike the early Jewish settlers, these immigrants were Ashkenazim from Europe's Germanic countries. Marcus follows the movement of these "German" Jews into all regions west of the Hudson River.</p>

United States Jewry, 1776-1985 : The Germanic Period (Part 1)

History

Jacob Rader Marcus

Americas

Wayne State Univ Pr

The third volume covers the period from 1860 to 1920, beginning with the Jews, slavery, and the Civil War, and concluding with the rise of Reform Judaism as well as the increasing spirit of secularization that characterized emancipated, prosperous, liberal Jewry before it was confronted by a rising tide of American anti-Semitism in the 1920s.

United States Jewry, 1776-1985 : The Germanic Period (Part 2)

Wayne State U. Press

First published in 1938, this sourcebook presents 137 documents that deal with individual Jews and the Jewish community during the Jewish Middle Ages. It offers a sweeping view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity until modern times, with introductions and annotations to make these sources accessible to the modern reader. For this new edition, Marc Saperstein has updated Muarcus's 96 bibliographies, providing references to modern scholarly research on each topic. In his introduction, he analyzes and evaluates Marcus's decision regarding periodization, organization and inclusion. In doing so, he offers further insights about the implications of those decisions for our own understanding of Jewish history.

The Jew in the Medieval World : A Source Book, 315-1791

World

Hebrew Union College Pr

<p>From the back cover:The history if medieval Judaism may be considered under two aspects: what the world did the the Jew ans what the Jew did for himself. Both aspects are interrelated, but not necessarily dependent. Whether the world had been benign and pacific or - as it was - hostile and cruel, the Jew would still have prayed, studied, entered professions, traveled, organized communal endeavors, in a phrase, pursued the normal activities of social life. To the extent, however, that he was harassed and persecuted, the Jew responded: he defended himself and replied to his enemies. In this reprint of the 1938 classic source book, Jacob Rader Marcus, the Dean of American Jewish History, has gathered, edited, and introduced those documents from the medieval literature which illuminate the Jewish community in both aspects: as self contained society (Jewish self-government: Jewish sectarianism, mysticism, messianism; the inner life of the Jew, the lives and works of Jewish notable - Rashi, Maimonides, Gluckel of Hameln, Solomon Maimon, among others)and in relation to the outside world (the Jewish situation under Roman law, under Islam, under the Visigoths; treatmnt at the hands of the feudal and monarchal societies, the Roman Catholic Church, and the reformers).Cover drawing based on illumination from a fourteenth-century Haggadah, possible Spanish, in the British Museum, London.Cover Design by Adrienne Vanady</p>

The Jew in the Medieval World a Sourcebook : 315-1791

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985 : The Germanic Period (Part 1)

United States Jewry, 1776-1985 : The Germanic Period (Part 2)

The Jew in the Medieval World : A Source Book, 315-1791

The Jew in the Medieval World a Sourcebook : 315-1791