Jack Wertheimer

The American synagogue : a sanctuary transformed

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Overview: the synagogue in America - a historical typology Abraham J. Karp Part I. The Denominational Perspective: 2. The orthodox synagogue Jeffrey S. Gurock 3. The reform synagogue Leon A. Jick 4. The conservative synagogue Jack Wertheimer Part II. The American experience of a sephardic synagogue Marc D. Angel 6. Education in the synagogue: the transformation of the supplementary school Barry Chazan 7. From city to suburb: temple Mishkan Tefila of Boston Paula E. Hyman 8. The special sphere of the Middle-Class American Jewish woman: the synagogue sisterhood, 1890-1940 Jenna Weissman Joselit 9. Ethnic-religious ambiguities in an immigrant synagogue: the case of new hope congregation Benny Kraut 10. Conflict over reforms: the case of congregation Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina Robert Liberles 11. A synagogue center grows in Brooklyn Deborah Dash Moore 12. choosing a synagogue: the social composition of two German congregations in nineteenth-century Baltimore Marsha L. Rozenblit 13. The debate over mixed seating in the American synagogue Jonathan D. Sarna 14. Music in the American synagogue: a case study from Houston Kay Kaufman Shelemay Index.