Jonathan Fineberg is Gutgsell Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois, Champaign. Wolfgang Volz has been the exclusive photographer for all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's projects since 1972.
"well illustrated and handsomely produced" - Victoria Keller, The Art Book
"well illustrated and handsomely produced" - Victoria Keller, The Art Book
Sarna (American Jewish history, Brandeis Univ.) is one of the foremost scholars in a field that has developed only during the last generation or so. He gives full credit to the scholarly pioneer who launched the field of American Jewish history, his teacher and mentor Jacob Rader Marcus. Sarna's work is both a study of the development of American Judaism and a history of the Jewish people in America. The author breaks new ground by arguing for new paradigms, such as suggesting the latter 20th century be considered a time of Jewish renewal. He shows how each generation in America has had profound challenges. For instance, he tries to resurrect the tensions for Jews during earlier periods before the mass eastern European immigration movement of the latter 1800s. These tensions provide a mirror to our own times, as Jews have always struggled with the challenges presented by a rich assimilative American culture. This book, which succeeds as both scholarship and as a popular title, is highly recommended for most libraries.-Paul Kaplan, Lake Villa Dist. Lib., IL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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