On their own terms: America's Jewish Women, 1954-2004.(Part Two: Recent American Jewish History, 1954-2004) From: American Jewish History | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Nadell, Pamela S. | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Jewish Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the half century since the 1954 tercentenary celebration of Jewish life in America, a sea change has occurred in historical writing. As fresh approaches emerged, first social history and more recently cultural history, scholars of American Jewry eagerly embraced new angles of vision and innovative methodologies. One approach to historical writing, which merited only the most cursory attention during the tercentenary celebrations, (1) has moved, if not to the center of the writin...