The American Jewish Experience

by Jonathan D. Sarna (Editor)

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375 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Jonathan D. Sarna is the 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 has written, edited, or co-edited more than twenty books and is best known for the acclaimed American Judaism: A History, which received the Jewish Book Council’s Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award in 2004. He lives in Massachusetts. His latest work, When General Grant Expelled the Jews, was published in March of 2012. The PBS documentary Jewish Soldiers in Blue & Gray, which features Jonathan Sarna, explores the hidden stories of American Jews during the Civil War. Presented by the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, it is available for purchase on DVD at www.shapell.org.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my textbook for my American Jewish history course in college. Absolutely the only "textbook" I read cover to cover in school. Wonderfully written, and I learned so much, including new perspectives on things I already knew.