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“Ethnicity and Beyond,” Ethnicity and Beyond: Theories and Dilemmas of Jewish Group Demarcation, ed. Eli Lederhendler, Studies in Contemporary Jewry 25 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 108-112.
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"American Jewish History: Retrospect and Prospect," in Pan Guang, Wang Shuming, and Luo Ailing, eds. The Jews in America: Development and Influence of a Successful Community (Beijing: Shishi Publishing House, 2010) pp. 3-14 [in Chinese].
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“A Writ of Release from Levirate Marriage (Shtar Halitzah) in 1807 Charleston,” with Dvorah E. Weisberg, American Jewish Archives 53: 1 (2011), 38-55.
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“The Democratization of American Judaism,” New Essays in American Jewish History, ed. Pamela S. Nadell, Jonathan D.Sarna & Lance J. Sussman (Ktav/AJA: 2010), 95-108.
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“Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Jewish Community of His Youth: The Influence of Solomon Braslavsky, Herman Rubenovitz, and Congregation Mishkan Tefila,” Journal of the Society for American Music 3 (2009), 35-46.
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“America As It Ought to Be: The Conflict Between Jewish Rhetoric and American Realities,” Ideology and Rhetoric: ConstructingAmerica, ed. Bozenna Chylinska (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009), 231-240.
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“The Halakha According to B’nai B’rith,” Rav Chesed: Essays in Honor of Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein, ed. Raphael Medoff (Jersey City: Ktav, 2009), II, 165-182.
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“Two Ambitious Goals: Jewish Publishing in the United States,” A History of the Book in America. Volume 4 Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States 1880-1940, eds. Carl F. Kaestle and Janice A. Radway (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009), 376-391.
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“Two Jewish Lawyers Named Louis,” American Jewish History 94 (March-June 2008), 1-19.
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“The Mystical World of Colonial American Jews,” Mediating Modernity: Essays in Honor of Michael A. Meyer, eds. Lauren B. Strauss and Michael Brenner (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008), 185-194.
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“The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Secular Judaism,” Contemplate: The International Journal of Cultural Thought 4 (2007), 3-13.
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“A Long Voyage to the New World: The First Jewish Settlement in North America,” Humanities 28 (March/April 2007), 37-39.
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“Port Jews in the Atlantic: Further Thoughts,” Jewish History 20 (2006), 213-219.
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“The Crucial Decade in Jewish Camping,” A Place of Our Own: The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping, ed. M. M. Lorge & G. P. Zola (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2006), 27-51.
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“An Eighteenth Century Hebrew Lu’ah from Pennsylvania,” American Jewish Archives 57 (2005), 25-27.
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How Matzah Became Square: Manischewitz and the Development of Machine-Made Matzah in the United States. Victor J. Selmanowitz Lecture. Touro College, 2005 (24pp.)
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“Jewish Prayers for the United States Government: A Study in the Liturgy of Politics and the Politics of Liturgy,” Moral Problems in American History: Essays in Honor of David Brion Davis (Cornell University Press, 1998), 200-221; reprinted in slightly different form in Liturgy in the Life of the Synagogue: Studies in the History of Jewish Prayer, eds. Ruth Langer and Steven Fine (Eisenbrauns, 2005), 205-224.
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“Jacob I. Cohen and the 350th Anniversary of American Jewish Life,” Generations 11 (May 2005), pp.1,3,8,14.
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“The 350th Anniversary of American Jewish Life,” AJS Perspectives (Fall/Winter 2004), 22-24.
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“American Jewish History: A Chance to Reflect,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 1, 2004, B9-B10
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“American Judaism,” In From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, ed. Michael W. Grunberger (Washington DC: Library of Congress, 2004), 129-145.
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“From Destruction to Rebirth: The Holocaust and Israel in American Judaism,” Aufbau 70 (February 26, 2004), 22-23
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“Jewish Culture Comes to America,” Jewish Studies 42 (2003-2004), 45-57
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“Why Study American Jewish History?” Torah at the Center (UAHC Department of Lifelong Jewish Learning) 7 (Fall 2003), 2-4.
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“The Question of Music in American Judaism: Reflections at 350 Years,” American Jewish History 91 (July 2003), 195-203.
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“Aharon Kotler,” Conservative Judaism 55 (Summer 2003), 60-62.
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American Judaism in Historical Perspective. The David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs. (Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, 2003)
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“Historical Memory and Jewish Identity: 350 Years of American Jewish History: What Do They Mean?” Celebrating 350 Years of American Jewish Life (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2003), 4-9
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“The Goals and Meaning of the 350th Anniversary Commemoration of American Jewish History,” Proceedings: Celebrate 350 Inaugural National Planning Conference (New York: 2003), 23-27.
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“Achavah and History: Reflections on the Historical Emphases of Moshe Davis.” In America and Zion: Essays and Papers in Memory of Moshe Davis, eds. Eli Lederhendler and Jonathan D. Sarna (Wayne State University Press, 2002), 23-31.
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“The Jews of Boston,” Reform Judaism, Fall 2001.
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“Colonial Judaism,” Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, by David L. Barquist with essays by Jon Butler and Jonathan D. Sarna (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery in Association with Yale University Press, 2001), 8-23.
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“The Jews in British America,” The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West 1450-1800, eds. Paolo Bernardini & Norman Fiering (New York: Berghahn Books, 2001), 519-531.
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“Response: The Question of Shlilat Ha-Galut in American Zionism,” in A. Gal and A. Gottschalk (eds.) Beyond Survival and Philanthropy: American Jewry and Israel (Hebrew Union College Press, 2000), 59-63.
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“The Twentieth Century Through American Jewish Eyes: A History of the American Jewish Year Book, 1899-1999,” American Jewish Year Book 100 (2000), 3-103 [with Jonathan Golden].
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“American Jewish Political Conservatism in Historical Perspective,” American Jewish History 87 (June-September 1999), 113-122.
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“The American Jewish Experience in the 20th Century: Antisemitism and Assimilation,” with Jonathan Golden. Online Publication. http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us (National Humanities Center, 1999).
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“The American Jewish Experience through the Nineteenth Century: Immigration and Acculturation,” with Jonathan Golden. Online publication http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us (National Humanities Center, 1999).
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“The Cult of Synthesis in American Jewish Culture,” Jewish Social Studies n.s. 5 (Fall 1998/Winter 1999), 52-79.
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“A Forgotten 19th Century Prayer for the U.S.Government: Its Meaning, Significance and Surprising Author,” Hesed Ve-Emet: Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs, eds. J. Magness and S. Gitin (Athens, GA: Scholars Press, 1998), 431-440.
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“Converts to Zionism in American Reform Judaism,” Zionism and Religion, eds. S.Almog, Jehuda Reinharz and Anita Shapira. (Hanover, NH: UPNE, 1998), 188-203; Hebrew edition (Merkaz Shazar, 1994), pp. 223-243.
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“The Revolution in the American Synagogue,” Creating American Jews. Ed. Karen S. Mittelman. (NMAJH/UPNE: 1998), 10-23.
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"The History of the Jewish Press in North America," The North American Jewish Press, 1994 Alexander Brin Forum, (Brandeis University, 1995), pp. 2-7. Reprinted in revised form in Metro-West Jewish News 50th Anniversary Edition (January 24, 1997), 60-66.
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“Two Traditions of Seminary Scholarship,” in Jack Wertheimer (ed.) Tradition Renewed: A History of the Jewish Theological Seminary (Jewish Theological Seminary, 1997), 54-80.
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A Great Awakening: The Transformation That Shaped Twentieth Century American Judaism and its Implications for Today (Council for Initiatives in Jewish Education, 1995); reprinted in slightly different form as “The Late Nineteenth-Century American Jewish Awakening,” in Religious Diversity and American Religious History: Studies in Traditions and Cultures, ed. Walter H. Conser Jr., and Sumner B. Twiss (University of Georgia Press, 1997), 1-25.
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“A Projection of America As It Ought to Be: Zion in the Mind’s Eye of American Jews,” in Allon Gal (ed.), Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews (Jerusalem & Detroit: Magnes Press & Wayne State University Press, 1996), 41-59.
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“From Antoinette Brown Blackwell to Sally Priesand: An Historical Perspective on the Emergence of Women in the American Rabbinate,” Women Rabbis: Exploration and Celebration, ed. Gary P. Zola (Cincinnati: American Jewish Archives, 1996), 43-53.
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The American Jewish Community’s Crisis of Confidence (Pamphlet, World Jewish Congress, 1996).
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"Columbus and the Jews" Commentary, 94:5 (November 1992) pp. 38-41; revised and expanded in “The Mythical Jewish Columbus and the History of America’s Jews,” Religion in the Age of Exploration, ed. Bryan F. Le Beau & Menahem Mor (Omaha: Creighton University Press, 1996), pp. 81-95.
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“What’s the Use of Local Jewish History?” Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes 12 (November 1995), pp.77-83.
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“Fitting American Jewish History into Modern Jewish History,” Center for American Jewish History Newsletter 1:2 (September 1995), p.1,4.
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“Judaica Americana,” American Jewish History 83 (1995), pp. 287-318.
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“Promised Land and Golden Land,” American Jewish-Israeli Relations: Two Perspectives (American Jewish Committee, 1995), pp.7-11.
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"The Jews of Boston in Historical Perspective," in The Jews of Boston, ed. Jonathan D. Sarna and Ellen Smith (1995), pp. 3- 19
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"Judaica Americana," American Jewish History 82 (1994), pp. 295-328;
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"Nathan Kaganoff's Legacy" American Jewish History 81 (1994), pp. 432-434.
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"The Greatest Jew in the World Since Jesus Christ: The Jewish Legacy of Louis D. Brandeis", American Jewish History 81(1994), pp. 346-364.
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"Forum: American Civil Religion Revisited," Religion and American Culture 4 (Winter 1994), pp. 19-23.
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"Jewish Scholarship and American Jewish Continuity," Toward An American Jewish Culture: New Perspectives on Jewish Continuity (New York: National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1993), pp. 4-5.
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"The Making of an American Jewish Culture", in M. Friedman (ed.) When Philadelphia Was The Capital of Jewish America (Associated University Presses, (1993), pp. 145-155.
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"Louis D. Brandeis: Zionist Leader" Brandeis Review II (Winter 1992), pp.22-27.
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"Preserving Our Past, Our Future Depends on It" Rocky Mountain Chai Lites 28 (June 1992) pp. 2-5.
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"Necrology: Marshall Sklare (1921-1992): PAAJR 58 (1992), pp. 33-35.
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"Reading Jewish Books: The American Jewish Experience" in The Schocken Guide to Books, ed. B. Holtz (Schocken, 1992), pp. 108-127.
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"What is American About the Constitutional Documents of American Jewry? An Historical Approach," in Elazar, Sarna and Monson (eds) A Double Bond: The Constitutional Documents of American Jewry, ed. D. Elazar, R. Monson & J.D. Sarna (1992) pp. 57-72.
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"A Sort of Paradise for the Hebrews: The Lofty Vision of Cincinnati Jews" in Ethnic Diversity and Civic Identity. ed. H. Shapiro and J.D. Sarna, (University of Illinois Press, 1992), pp. 131-164 [Preprinted in abridged form in American Israelite, July 7, 1988].
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"From Synagogue-Community to Community of Synagogues: A Turning Point in American Jewish History" Braun Chair Inaugural Lecture (Oct 1990).
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"American Jewish History," (A Ten Year Review of the Literature) Modern Judaism 10 (1990), pp. 343-365.
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"In Search of 'Authentic' Anglo-Jewish Poetry: The Debate Over A.M. Klein's Poems (1944)," in From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism: Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox ed. J. Neusner (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1989), vol. 4, pp. 125-136.
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"Jews in the Colonial and Early National Periods," The American Jewish Experience, National Museum of American Jewish History, (1989), pp. 17-21.
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"Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States" (with Nahum M. Sarna), The Bible and Bibles in America ed. E.S. Frerichs (Society of Biblical Literature and Scholars Press, 1988), 83-116.
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"The Jewish Publication Society 1888-1988," Jewish Book Annual 45 (1987-88), 42-53.
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"Comment" in The American Jewish Community: Social Science Research and Policy Implications, ed. Calvin Goldscheider (Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1986), 109-113.
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"Comment: The Meaning of the Holy Land in American Religious Life and Thought," With Eyes Toward Zion II, ed. Moshe Davis (New York, Praeger, 1986), 346-349.
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"The 'Mythical Jew' and the 'Jew Next Door' in Nineteenth Century America," Anti-Semitism in American History, edited by David Gerber (University of Illinois Press, 1986), 57-78.
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"What Is the Use of American Jewish Community History?" Indiana Jewish History 18 (June 1984), 8-17.
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"Arthur A. Chiel," American Jewish History 73 (March 1984).
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“Cancel the Rabbi’s Lecture!” Brotherhood 17: 3 (1983).
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Guide to America-Holy Land Studies, volume one, edited by Nathan M. Kaganoff, New York, Arno, 1980 (sixty-six contributions); volume two, edited by Nathan M. Kaganoff, New York, Praeger, 1982 (twenty-six contributions); volume three, edited by Nathan M. Kaganoff, New York, Praeger, 1983 (fifteen contributions).
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"Rabbi Adolph Moses's Dream," Journal of Reform Judaism 29 (Fall 1982), 57-63.
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"The Great American Jewish Awakening," Midstream 28 (October 1982), 30-34; reprinted in Gesher (Spring, 1984).
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"How to Write the History of Your Community," Present Tense, 8:2 (Winter 1981), 6-8.
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"The Impact of the American Revolution on the American Jew," Dix-Huitieme Siecle, 13 (1981); Modern Judaism 1 (1981), 149-160.
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"The Myth of the Jewish President," Sh'ma 10/198 (October 3, 1980), 143-44; reprinted in Jewish Digest, 26 (February 1981).
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"The Roots of Ararat," American Jewish Archives, 32 (April 1980), 52-58.
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"Hebrew Poetry in Early America," American Jewish History, 69 (March 1980), 364-377.