{"product_id":"american-jewish-womens-history-a-reader-9780814758083","title":"American Jewish Women's History: A Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It gives me a secret pleasure to observe the fair character our family has in the place by Jews \u0026amp; Christians,\"Abigail Levy Franks wrote to her son from New York City in 1733. Abigail was part of a tiny community of Jews living in the new world. In the centuries that followed, as that community swelled to several millions, women came to occupy diverse and changing roles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmerican Jewish Women's History\u003c\/b\u003e, an anthology covering colonial times to the present, illuminates that historical diversity. It shows women shaping Judaism and their American Jewish communities as they engaged in volunteer activities and political crusades, battled stereotypes, and constructed relationships with their Christian neighbors. It ranges from Rebecca Gratz's development of the Jewish Sunday School in Philadelphia in 1838 to protest the rising prices of kosher meat at the turn of the century, to the shaping of southern Jewish women's cultural identity through food. There is currently no other reader conveying the breadth of the historical experiences of American Jewish women available.\u003cbr\u003eThe reader is divided into four sections complete with detailed introductions. The \u003cb\u003econtributors\u003c\/b\u003e include: Joyce Antler, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Alice Kessler-Harris, Paula E. Hyman, Riv-Ellen Prell, and Jonathan D. Sarna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela S. Nadell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.98h x 6.92w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814758083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 1139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNadell, Pamela S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePamela S. Nadell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWomen and American Judaism: Historical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183701799027,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1940bd99-91a1-4209-955a-30471e2c6bfa.jpg?v=1655558215","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/american-jewish-womens-history-a-reader-9780814758083","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}