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Book Notes SHOFAR Annotations of books in German and french were wriuen by Waller Hirsch and jean-Pierre Ilerubel, respeClively, of Purdue Universiry. Reference materials in all nelds are listed under "Reference." American Jewish Life The Americanization of the Synagogue, 1820-1870, by Leon A. Jick. Hanover, NH: Universiry Press of New England, 1992. 247 pp. $18.00 (P). ISBN 0-87451-573-4. This book, nrst published in 1976, looks w the synagogue as the institution which best reIlects changing currems of American Jewish hiswry. The author argues that the middle of the nineteemh cemury was a formative period for American judaism. He makes a case for Reformjudaism as a pragmatic response w the American environment rather than an import from Germany, and points out how Americanization grew out of Jewish immigram struggles W achieve economic securiry while at the same time creating a new social identiry. A Communit)' in Conflict: Arnerican jewry During the Great European Immigration, by Charles Wyszkowski. Lanham, MD: Universiry Press of America, 1991. 384 pp. $44.50. ISBN 0-8191-8263-X. This book explores reactions W issues viewed as of major importance by the editors of "[be Arnerican Hebrew of New York in the years 1879-1884, 1894-1898, and1903-1908. Since its inception in 1879 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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SHOFAR Annotations of books in German and french were wriuen by Waller Hirsch and jean-Pierre Ilerubel, respeClively, of Purdue Universiry. Reference materials in all nelds are listed under "Reference." American Jewish Life The Americanization of the Synagogue, 1820-1870, by Leon A. Jick. Hanover, NH: Universiry Press of New England, 1992. 247 pp. $18.00 (P). ISBN 0-87451-573-4. This book, nrst published in 1976, looks w the synagogue as the institution which best reIlects changing currems of American Jewish hiswry. The author argues that the middle of the nineteemh cemury was a formative period for American judaism. He makes a case for Reformjudaism as a pragmatic response w the American environment rather than an import from Germany, and points out how Americanization grew out of Jewish immigram struggles W achieve economic securiry while at the same time creating a new social identiry. A Communit)' in Conflict: Arnerican jewry During the Great European Immigration, by Charles Wyszkowski. Lanham, MD: Universiry Press of America, 1991. 384 pp. $44.50. ISBN 0-8191-8263-X. This book explores reactions W issues viewed as of major importance by the editors of "[be Arnerican Hebrew of New York in the years 1879-1884, 1894-1898, and1903-1908. Since its inception in 1879

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