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OverviewSixteen senior scholars of American Jewish history-among the men and women whose work and advocacy have moved their discipline into the mainstream of academia-converse on the intellectual and personal roads they have traveled in becoming leaders in their areas of expertise. Through their thoughtful and candid recollections of the challenges they faced in becoming accepted academics, they retell the story of how the study of the Jews and Judaism in the United States rose from being long dismissed as an amateurish enterprise not worthy of serious consideration in the world of ideas to its position today as a respected field in communication with all humanities scholars. They also imagine and chart the direction the writing on American Jews will take in the coming era. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey S. GurockPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press Weight: 0.825kg ISBN: 9781618118561ISBN 10: 1618118560 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 03 May 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Community of Scholars Who Grew a Field Jeffrey S. Gurock Chapter 1—Finding My Way: Uniting American Jewish Women's History and U.S. Women's History Joyce Antler Chapter 2—Reconstructing American Jewish Historical Studies Dianne Ashton Chapter 3—A Meandering and Surprising Career Mark K. Bauman Chapter 4—How I Became an American Jewish Historian and What That Meant For My Professional Life Hasia Diner Chapter 5—A Scholar-Athlete’s Discovery of American Jewish History Jeffrey S. Gurock Chapter 6—Object Lessons Jenna Weissman Joselit Chapter 7—How I Learned to Call America “the States” and Became an American Jewish Historian Eli Lederhendler Chapter 8—Sidewalk Histories or Uncovering the Venacular Jewishness of New York City Deborah Dash Moore Chapter 9—Becoming an “All-of-a-Kind” Jewish Historian Pamela S. Nadell Chapter 10—Joining Historians as an Anthropologist at the Table of American Jewish Culture Riv–Ellen Prell Chapter 11—My Life in American Jewish History Jonathan D. Sarna Chapter 12—From Kremenets to New York: My Personal Journeys as a Historian Shuly Rubin Schwartz Chapter 13—Finding My Place in “the Great Tradition” Gerald Sorin Chapter 14—Peripatetic Journeys Beth S. Wenger Chapter 15—The Past from the Periphery Stephen J. Whitfield Chapter 16—On Rabbis, Doctors and the American Jewish Experience Gary Phillip ZolaReviewsWhile all of the scholars assembled in this volume are well known for their intellectual perspicacity, their essays here shine light on the humanness of the scholar--the struggles and triumphs each experienced as children, young adults, students, and beyond. In many ways a coming-of-age story narrated by multiple voices, Conversations with Colleagues offers an unprecedented exploration of the evolution and structure of American Jewish history as a field. Jeffrey Gurock's excellent introduction serves as a guide, enabling the reader to see how each of the scholars fits into a broader set of questions about the organization of intellectual knowledge and its connection to the human beings who create those schemes of organization. Those of us in the field undoubtedly will feel humility and gratitude as we read these pieces; and for those outside of the field, whether historians, scholars, or, simply, readers, the same stories will resonate for their warmth, intelligence, humor, and remarkable self-understanding. --Lila Corwin Berman, Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History, Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Temple University This well-written and engaging book includes essays by sixteen leading Jewish historians including Hasia Diner, Stephen Whitfield, and Jonathan Sarna. ... the engaging essays in this excellent book demonstrate that the discipline of Jewish American History has truly arrived. Recommended for all libraries, especially those with interests in American Jewish history, American history in general, and Jewish studies. --David B. Levy, Lander College for Women, AJL Reviews May/June 2019--David B. Levy AJL Reviews Author InformationJeffrey S. Gurock is Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University. A prize-winning author or editor of twenty books in the field of American Jewish history, he was twice chair of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society and for twenty years an editor of its journal, ""American Jewish History."" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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