For the first time, Religion and State in the American Jewish
Experience makes available critical documents which have shaped
debate over religion and state issues throughout the course of
American Jewish history. Following a comprehensive historical
introduction, Professors Jonathan D. Sarna and David G. Dalin
present a wide range of primary source materials which articulate
the different positions held within the American Jewish community
on numerous past and present church-state issues, including the
constitutionality of former state Sunday Laws, or "blue laws";
whether or not Orthodox Jews serving in the military should be
permitted to wear yarmulkes while in uniform; whether Jewish
prisoners have a right to kosher food; whether prayer, nonsectarian
or otherwise, should have any role in public schools; whether
menorahs should be displayed alongside Christian symbols such as
creches during the Christmas season; or whether all types of
religious symbols should be banned from public arenas.
The chapters proceed chronologically, beginning with the
colonial period and progressing through the 1990s, and give readers
a clear sense of the changes which have occurred over the
years.
In Religion and State in the American Jewish Experience,
Professors Sarna and Dalin recover divergent voices and opinions
from the American Jewish community, and their research reveals that
the community has never been limited to a single voice on issues of
religion and state but has instead accommodated a rich variety of
outlooks and positions. By gathering these individual voices into
one comprehensive sourcebook, Sarna and Dalin offer a unique and
well-documented look at a major aspect of the experience ofbeing
Jewish in America.
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