Jewish Sunday schools : teaching religion in nineteenth-century America / Laura Yares.

Author/creator Yares, Laura author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2023]
Descriptionix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Variant title Teaching religion in 19th-century America.
SeriesNorth American religions
North American religions. ^A1144949
Contents Jewish Women on the Educational Frontier -- Catechisms, Masculinity, and Rational Jewish Religion -- How Do You Solve a Problem Like Shavuot? -- Expanding the Educational Marketplace -- Religious Education as Americanization -- From Theology to Religion.
Abstract "The Jewish Sunday school in nineteenth-century America was a pioneering new institution founded by Jewish women that not only reimagined the nature and purpose of Jewish education, but also reimagined Judaism as a modern American religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022040806
ISBN9781479822270
ISBN1479822272 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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