Suggestions for Further Reading:

Jewish Religion and Peoplehood


Blau, Joseph L. Judaism in America: From Curiosity to Third Faith. Chicago History of American Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.

Diner, Hasia R. A Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820-1880. The Jewish People in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Eisen, Arnold M. The Chosen People in America: A Study in Jewish Religious Ideology. The Modern Jewish Experience. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983.

Faber, Eli. A Time for Planting: The First Migration, 1654-1820. The Jewish People in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Feingold, Henry L. A Time for Searching: Entering the Mainstream, 1920-1945. The Jewish People in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Frankiel, Tamar. The Voice of Sarah: Feminine Spirituality and Traditional Judaism. San Francisco: Harper, 1990.

Gaster, Theodor H. Customes and Folkways of Jewish Life. New York: William Sloan Associates Publishers, 1955.

_____. Festivals of the Jewish Year. New York: William Sloan Associates Publishers, 1953.

Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism. The Chicago History of American Civilization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957.

Heilman, Samuel C. Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the Twentieth Century. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.

Helmreich, William B. The World of Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry. New York: Free Press, 1982.

Heschel, Abraham J. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Young, 1951.

Meyer, Michael A. Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Neusner, Jacob. The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism. Belmont, CA: Dickenson, 1970.

Sapiro, Edward S. A Time for Healing: American Jewry since World War II. The Hewish People in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Sorin, Gerald. A Time for Building: The Third Migration, 1880-1920. The Jewish People in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Trepp, Leo. Judaism: Development and Life. 2d ed. Belmont, CA: Dickenson, 1974.

Wertheimer, Jack. A People Divided: Judaism in Contemporary America. New York: Basic Books, 1993.

_____, ed. The American Synagogue: A Sanctuary Transformed. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1987.