Jews in America: From New Amsterdam to the Yiddish Stage - Hardcover

Corrsin, Stephen D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904832229 ISBN 13: 9781904832225

Publisher: GILES, 2012

Synopsis

Jews in America documents the remarkable story of the Jewish presence in the New World, from the time of Columbus to the 1920s, when the Jewish community in the United States was four million strong and an essential part of American society and culture.

Drawing on a mix of contemporary books, pamphlets, manuscripts, globes, maps and engravings from the world-renowned collections of the New York Public Library, Jews in America is a vivid document of everyday Jewish-American life, worship, law, and commerce. It tells the fascinating story of Jewish immigration, and interaction with the four colonial powers in the Western Hemisphere (Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and English), and on the ideas and beliefs that influenced—and were influenced by—the settlement of these first Jews in New York.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen D. Corrsin is curator of the New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division. He holds a PhD in History and MLS from the University of Michigan. A specialist in Eastern European Jewry, he is the author of 'Warsaw before the First World War'(1989) and 'Sword Dancing in Europe: A History' (1997). Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and the director of the Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership. He is regarded as one of the most prominent historians of American Judaism, and is the author of the award-winning book 'American Judaism: A History' (2004).

Review:

A beautifully crafted catalogue of choice Jewish treasures” Esther Nussbaum, Jewish Book World

This beautiful book is both historical prelude and appetizer” Zelda Shluker, Hadassah Magazine

This is a fascinating story, superbly told” David Herman, Jewish Renaissance

Highly recommended” R Hartsock, Choice

Gives a flavour of an important strand in the history of the United States” Sarah Lawson, Cassone

For the library it is a testament to its Jewish division which contains one of the foremost collections of Judaica and Hebraica in the world” Michael Hirsch, The Portolan

Visually beautiful” Edna Nahshon, Print Quarterly


“A beautifully crafted catalogue of choice Jewish treasures”―Esther Nussbaum, Jewish Book World

“This beautiful book is both historical prelude and appetizer”―Zelda Shluker, Hadassah Magazine

“This is a fascinating story, superbly told”―David Herman, Jewish Renaissance

“Highly recommended”―R Hartsock, Choice

“Gives a flavour of an important strand in the history of the United States”―Sarah Lawson, Cassone

“For the library it is a testament to its Jewish division which contains one of the foremost collections of Judaica and Hebraica in the world”―Michael Hirsch, The Portolan

“Visually beautiful”―Edna Nahshon, Print Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: GILES
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1904832229
• ISBN 13: 9781904832225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160