Becoming American Jews
Subtitle: Temple Israel of Boston
By: Meaghan Dwyer-Ryan, Susan L. Porter, and Lisa Fagin Davis.
Contributors: Porter, Susan L.; Davis, Lisa Fagin.
Series: Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584657903
Subjects: Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) -- History; Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History; Jews -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History; Reform Judaism -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Rabbi Ronne Friedman; title: Preface; title: The synagogue and the community, 1842/1874; title: Becoming a reform temple, 1874/1911; title: The era of optimism, 1911/1928; title: The menace of these tragic times, 1928/1953; title: Prophetic Judaism and the "symphony of American life," 1953/1973; title: A home for every constituency, 1973/1988; title: A community of communities, 1988/2009.