Jewish renaissance and revival in America essays in memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane / [electronic resource] : Eitan P. Fishbane & Jonathan D. Sarna, editors. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, 2011. - x, 180 p. - Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life . - Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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2013.
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9781611681925 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781611681932 (e-book)




Jews--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--History--United States--20th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--United States--19th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--United States--20th century.
Jews--Social conditions--United States--19th century.
Jews--Social conditions--United States--20th century.
Jews--Societies, etc.--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--Social life and customs.--United States


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