American Judaism

Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award-Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award given by the Jewish Book Council (or just Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award); Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2005; Won Honorable Mention for the 2004 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division Annual Award Competition in the Religion category; Selected as a finalist for the 2005 Koret Jewish Book Awards in the History category; Selected by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2004 in the Religion category; Co-winner of the American Jewish Historical Society's Saul Viener Prize for the Outstanding Book in American Jewish History, 2003-2004; Winner of the Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute 2005 Prize for Best Book in American Jewish Studies; Named a (2004) Los Angeles Times bestseller; Won Honorable Mention for the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Religion Category; Winner of the American Jewish Historical Society's 2005 Saul Viener Prize for the outstanding book published in a two-year period in the field of American Jewish history; Received rating of 'Outstanding' from members of the 2005 University Press Books Committee. This magisterial work traces American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, exploring how Judaism adapted, how American culture affected Jewish religion and culture, and how American Jews shaped their own communities and faith in the new world.