How did Jews go from lives organized by synagogues, shul, and mikvehs to lives that—if explicitly Jewish at all—were conducted in Hillel houses, JCCs, Katz's, and even Chabad? In pre-emancipation Euro
Based on a workshop held at the University of Wisconsin titled "Jewish History Encounters the Economy," this volume addresses a topic that until recently had been relegated to the margins of Jewish st
Wilhelm (history and Jewish studies, Emory U.) explores the origin and early development of a secular organization of Jewish Americans founded in New York City. B'nai B'rith, Hebrew for Sons of the Co
