Everything you need to know about America's Jews and their history
By: Roy A. Rosenberg.
Publisher: Plume
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Jews -- United States -- History.; United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Other titles: America's Jews and their history
Description: Using an engaging question-and-answer format, this illuminating and authoritative book provides answers to such questions as: Who were the Jews who came to New Amsterdam in 1654? Did the United States Constitution guarantee full religious equality to American Jews? How did the Civil War affect the Jews of the North? Who was the first Jewish governor of an American state? When was the first woman ordained a rabbi?

Filled with information on religious and secular life, and drawing from a wide range of sources, including poems, jokes, and speeches, this eye-opening book covers every aspect of Jewish life in America. It will entertain and enlighten anyone looking for a bridge into the world of Jewish Americans from colonial times to the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.