TY - BOOK AU - kaplan,dana Evan AU - Dana Evan Kaplan TI - The cambridge companinn to American Judaism SN - 9780521529518 U1 - 296.0973 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge university press PB - Cambridge KW - Judaism N1 - index N2 - This Companion provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the most important and interesting historical and contemporary facets of Judaism in America. Written by twenty-four leading scholars from the fields of religious studies, history, literature, philosophy, art history, sociology, and musicology, the survey adopts an inclusive perspective on Jewish religious experience. Three initial chapters cover the development of Judaism in America from 1654, when Sephardic Jews first landed in New ER -