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001 2013037613
003 DLC
005 20140920082440.0
008 131203s2014 miua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013037613
020 $a9780472072057 (hardback)
020 $a9780472052059 (paper)
020 $a9780472029884
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aE184.353$b.A33 2014
082 00 $a973/.04924$223
100 1 $aAdams, Peter,$d1953-$eauthor.
245 10 $aPolitics, faith, and the making of American Judaism /$cPeter Adams.
264 1 $aAnn Arbor :$bThe University of Michigan Press,$c2014.
300 $ax, 207 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
520 $a" In 1862, in the only instance of a Jewish expulsion in America, General Ulysses S. Grant banished Jewish citizens from the region under his military command. Although the order was quickly revoked by President Lincoln, it represented growing anti-Semitism in America. Convinced that assimilation was their best defense, Jews sought to Americanize by shedding distinctive dress, occupations, and religious rituals. American Jews recognized the benefit and urgency of bridging the divide between Reform and Orthodox Judaism to create a stronger alliance to face the challenges ahead. With Grant's 1868 presidential campaign, they also realized they could no longer remain aloof from partisan politics. As they became a growing influence in American politics, both political parties courted the new Jewish vote. Once in office, Grant took notice of the persecution of Jews in Romania and Russia, and he appointed more Jews to office than any president before him. Indeed, Simon Wolf, a Washington lawyer who became one of Grant's closest advisers, was part of a new generation of Jewish leaders to emerge in the post-Civil War era--thoroughly Americanized, politically mature, and committed to the modernized Judaism of the Reform movement"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aJews$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aJews$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
650 0 $aJews$zUnited States$xPolitics and government$y19th century.
650 0 $aJudaism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y19th century.