Perspectives: history from a variety of vantage points.

From: American Jewish History | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Bauman, Mark K. | Copyright information

Leon Jick's classic swept me off my feet when I first read it some 20 years ago. Here was a boldly written, brave new departure establishing the American landscape as the seedbed for Reform. Although lacking a strong original source base and homogenizing certain aspects of the story, this was and remains a seminal work. (1) As series editor Jonathan Sarna remarks in his forward to a later printing, Jick explores areas and themes which had been largely ignored in the literature, and ...

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