Politics, Faith, and the Making of American Judaism

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Jerusalem across the Sea 8 2. The First Crisis of American Jewry 16 3. Lincoln and the“Israelites” 26 4. Vulture of the Camp 33 5. The Hunger for Cotton 46 6. Exile and Other Edicts from the Battlefield 54 7. Confederate Ideology and Southern Jewry 66 8. Americanize as Fast as You Can 74 9. Lincoln, Grant, and the Jewish Vote 83 10. Prosperity and Discrimination in the Gilded Age 98 11. Toward a Progressive and Americanized Judaism 110 12. Violence in the Backwaters of Europe 123 13. A Judaism for the American Century 139 Notes 155 Bibliography 189 Index 203 Illustrations following page 82 ...