American Judaism A History Jonathan D. Sarna

This magisterial work traces American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, exploring how Judaism adapted, how American culture affected Jewish religion and culture, and how American Jews shaped their own communities and faith in the new world. Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award and Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award given by Jewish Book Council.

Jonathan Sarna is Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, chair of the Academic Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, and chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History.

"The first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America... so well executed it is likely to set the standard for the next 50 years." Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post"