Acknowledgments, Editors’ Note, Introductory Essay Mark A. Raider and Gary P. Zola, 1774 Holly Snyder “Concerning a Gate he Send to Our Kakam”: A Transatlantic Divorce in the Eighteenth-Century Americas, 1826 Gary P. Zola “And Made Them Wear a Hat”: Isaac Harby Asserts the Authenticity of Bareheaded Jewish Prayer, 1841 Jason M. Olson “The Kingdom Restored to Israel”: Mormon Apostle Orson Hyde’s Reflections on Judaism, 1843 Jeffrey Haus “A Union of Heart, a Union of Action”: Isaac Leeser and the Challenge of Jewish Education in the Nineteenth-Century America, 1858 Philip Cohen “That We Might Become a Shining Example”: The Innovations of David Einhorn’s Prayerbook Olat Tamid (The Daily Whole Offering) , 1861 Adam Mendelsohn “A Jewish Chaplain for the Cameron Dragoons”: The Real Chaplaincy Controversy of the Civil War, 1864 Shari Rabin “In the Strictest Jewish Orthodox Stile”: A Contract Between Isaac Wolf and Congregation Etz Hayim (Pittsburgh, PA), 1872-73 Seth Korelitz “Solicited on the Ground of Humanity, Recognized as a National Duty”: The Board of Delegates of American Israelites and the Shaping of American Jewish Politics, 1883-1902 Geraldine Gudefin “As to the Validity of the Tribal Laws of the Jews”: The Fascination of the American Press with East European Jewish Marital Life, 1886 Zev Eleff “For the Defense of Our Jewish Interests”: Henry Pereira Mendes’ Call for an International Synod, 1891 Lincoln Mullen “Conversions to and from Judaism”: Joseph Krauskopf on American Christian Missions to the Jews, 1893 Emily Sigalow “A Careful Student of the Religion of the East”: Charles T. Strauss’ Converts to Buddhism at the World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago, IL), 1899 Susanna Klosko “Without Sacrificing the Rights of our Citizens”: Concerning the Ottoman Empire’s Restrictions on American Jews Entering Palestine, 1904-05 Joellyn Zollman “Moses Presents the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel”: Emile Pissis’ Stained Glass Window of Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, CA), 1913 Michael Cohen “For the Welfare of Israel in this Country”: Cyrus Adler, Henry Pereira Mendes, and the Creation of the United Synagogue of America, 1913 Aviva Ben-Ur “They Can Ship Me Anywhere”: An Ottoman Jewish Immigrant in Midland America, 1914 David Kaufman “A Type Apart”: A Gentile Perspective on New York’s Jews at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 1916 Amber Taylor “The Gentleman Being Both a German and a Jew”: Brigham Henry Roberts Nominates Simon Bamberger as Democratic Candidate for Governor of Utah, 1917 Geraldine Gudefin “What Justice or Redress Can Be Gained”: East European Jewish Immigrants and Legal Aid, 1920 Mina Muraoka “Jacob H. Schiff: A Prince in Israel”: A Eulogy by Samuel F. Mendelsohn, 1920 Deborah Skolnick Einhorn “The Ladies, God Bless ‘Em, Used to Hold Bazaars, But Not Now”: American Jewish Women and Philanthropy, 1922 Dan Judson “No Aristocracy and No Snobocracy”: Samuel H. Goldenson and the Democratization of the Synagogue, 1922-40 Jonathan Krasner “To Make Them Positive, Self-Conscious Jews”: The Shift in Reform Judaism to a New Pro-Zionist Jewish Educational Agenda, 1931 Dan Judson and Deborah Skolnick Einhorn “Observing Sabbath in its Time-Honored Way”: Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, KY) Debates the Elimination of Sunday Worship Services, 1934 Lance J. Sussman “Destiny Has Bound Us Together”: Albert Einstein Speaks to Congregation Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA), 1939 Karla Goldman “Don’t Hush Me!”: American Jewish College Students and Jewish Identity in the Interwar Period, 1939 Mark A. Raider “Ensuring Our Future”: The Creation of the Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs, 1939-42 Kerry Olitzky “Farming as a Life Occupation”: Peter Salm and the National Farm School (Bucks County, PA), 1941 Rona Sheramy “Citizenship, Civic Virtue, and Safeguarding Democracy”: Israel S. Chipkin on American Jewish Education, 1946 Karla Goldman and Mark A. Raider The Twin Promised Lands of America and Palestine: Arthur Szyk’s “Pilgrims”, 1948 Mark A. Raider “The Greater Sin”: Jacob M. Rothschild’s Yom Kippur Sermon on American Jews, the South, and Civil Rights, 1951 Rachel Gordan “What the Jews Believe”: A Liberal Rabbi Explains Judaism to the Readers of Life Magazine, 1957 Felicia Herman “Our Simple Duty as Jews”: Herbert Friedman’s Radio Address for the United Jewish Appeal 1957 Ofer Shiff “Valiant Builders, Fighters, and Dreamers”: Abba Hillel Silver on American Jewish Relations with Israel, 1960 Mark A. Raider and Gary P. Zola “We Must Change Our Line”: Will Maslow’s Report on the Conference of the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs (AIPAC), 1964 Amaryah Ornstein “An Intolerable Situation and a Moral Blot on Humanity”: The Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and American Jewish Youth Culture, 1976 Mark A. Raider “To Secure Israel’s Survival and Security”: President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Meet with American Jewish Leaders, 1987 Shari Rabin “Overlooked, Out There on the Rim, in the Southern Part of America”: Eli N. Evans, Macy B. Hart, and the Project of Southern Jewish History, 1987-1992 Gary P. Zola “Blacks and Jews are Kindred in Spirit”: Alexander M. Schindler on Black-Jewish Relations, 1988 Beth Cousens “A Shift from the Child to the Family”: American Jews and the Challenge of Continuity, 1988 Mina Muraoka “The World is Not the Same Since Auschwitz and Hiroshima”: Kathy Schwartz’s Reflections on Tisha Beav, 1994 Jonathan Krasner “To Combat Homophobia”: Jewish Activist Gays and Lesbians, 2008 Deborah Skolnick Einhorn “Leveling the Playing Field”: Women and American Jewish Organizational Life, 2017 Jonathan Golden “The Kotel Belongs to All Jews Worldwide”: The American Jewish Committee and the Western Wall Controversy, Selected Bibliography of Works by Jonathan D. Sarna, Biographies of Contributors, Index