Jewish renaissance and revival in America
Subtitle: essays in memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane
By: Eitan P. Fishbane & Jonathan D. Sarna, editors
Series: Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life; Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Waltham Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781611681925; 9781611681932
Subjects: Social life and customs; Jews; Social conditions; Intellectual life; Societies; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Common bonds: a collective portrait; title: On the road to renaissance: the young mens' Hebrew associations of New York and Philadelphia, 1877-1883; title: A renaissance of Jewish readers in Victorian Philadelphia; title: Preserving the past to fashion the future: the editorial board of the Jewish Encyclopedia; title: Leah's hope: the legacy of German-Jewish humanism in America; title: Revival through celebrity: American fame, Jewish identity, and the early 1960s; title: Renewal and havurah: American movements, European roots.