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Title Jewish renaissance and revival in America : essays in memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane / Eitan P. Fishbane & Jonathan D. Sarna, editors
Published Waltham Mass : Brandeis University Press, 2011

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Series Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
Contents Common bonds: a collective portrait -- On the road to renaissance: the young mens' Hebrew associations of New York and Philadelphia, 1877-1883 -- A renaissance of Jewish readers in Victorian Philadelphia -- Preserving the past to fashion the future: the editorial board of the Jewish Encyclopedia -- Leah's hope: the legacy of German-Jewish humanism in America -- Revival through celebrity: American fame, Jewish identity, and the early 1960s -- Renewal and havurah: American movements, European roots
Summary An anthology that explores religious and social revival in American Judaism in the 19th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Jews -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Jews -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Jews -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Jews -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 19th century
Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Jews
Jews -- Intellectual life
Jews -- Social conditions
Jews -- Social life and customs
Jews -- Societies, etc.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Fishbane, Leah Levitz
Fishbane, Eitan P., 1975-
Sarna, Jonathan D
LC no. 2021695114
ISBN 1611681936
9781611681932