Menu from the Trefa Banquet , 1883.

VOLUME LVIII NUMBER 1 & 2 ISSN 002-905X
Published by The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., Editor
Dana Herman, Ph.D., Managing Editor
Phil Reekers, Editorial Assistant
Jacob Rader Marcus, Ph.D., Founding Editor (1896-1995)

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THIS ISSUE: CONTENTS

To our readers Gary P. Zola, Editor
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ARTICLES:

The Making of a Reform Rabbi: Solomon B. Freehof from Childhood to Hebrew Union College ~ Joan S. Friedman
Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892–1990), a former leading member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), is remembered primarily as the great posek (Jewish legal decisor) of Reform Judaism and the author of eight volumes of Reform responsa. This study of his early years—his childhood in London and Baltimore as well as his time as a student and faculty member at HUC—provides insight into the personality of a distinguished rabbi and a series of snapshots of life at the College in the years preceding and following World War I.
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The Gifts of the Jews: Ideology and Material Culture in the American Synagogue Gift Shop ~ Joellyn Wallen Zollman
Reform and Conservative sisterhoods created synagogue gift shops as part of their educational programming in the late 1940s. These shops were meant to supply the tools that American Jewish women needed to practice Judaism in the home. A close examination of these objects and their display gives shape to issues of American Jewish identity and community in the postwar period.
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Americans Who Became Israelis: Early Olim (1948–1963) Look Back
~ Maxine S. Seller
Based on oral histories, this article examines the variant backgrounds and motivations of American Jews who immigrated to Israel as young adults between 1948 and 1963. Whether their reasons were religious, ideological,
or personal, the decision to settle in Israel was less an event than a process, often taking place over many years. While all identify themselves as Israelis, most maintain close personal and emotional ties to the United States and feel that their background affords them unique perspectives on social, political, and religious life in Israel.
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H. Berkowitz and S.S. Cohon: Two Men Battle Over One Haggadah
~ Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
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BOOK REVIEWS:
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C. S. Monaco, Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and
Antebellum Reformer
reviewed by William Pencak

Donald Weber, Haunted in the New World:
Jewish American Culture from Cahan to The Goldbergs
reviewed by Emily Katz

Lee Shai Weissbach, Jewish Life in Small-Town America: A History
reviewed by James I. Martin, Sr.

Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus:
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
reviewed by Stephen Whitfield

Michelle M. Terrell, The Jewish Community of Early Colonial Nevis:
A Historical Archaeological Study
reviewed by Judah Cohen

Dana E. Kaplan, The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism
reviewed by Matthew Kraus

Uri Bialer, Cross on the Star of David:
The Christian World in Israel’s Foreign Policy, 1948–1967
reviewed by Caitlin Stewart

Warren Grover, Nazis in Newark
reviewed by Cornelia Wilhelm
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