A Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820-1880 (The Jewish People in America). This item is unavailable.A Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820-1880 (The Jewish People in America)

Sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society in its centennial year, this book is part of a five-volume set which chronicles Jewish life in the United States from colonial times to the present. The respective authors explore the roots of Jewish immigration, the experience of settling in America, economic and social adjustment, religious developments and educational aspirations, political involvements, and the experience from generation to generation of what it means to be at once both Jewish and American. Between 1820 and 1880, European Jews arrived in the United States in ever greater numbers. In this second volume, the author describes the "second wave" of Jewish migration and challenges many long-held assumptions - particularly the belief that the immigrants' Judaism eroded in the middle class comfort of Victorian America. Through their benevolent associations, lodges, congregations and recreational activities, Diner shows that 19th-century Jewish immigrants established a culture that blended Jewish traditions with American ideals.

Eli Faber is professor of history and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York. Hasia Diner is professor of American studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gerald Sorin is chairman of the Department of History and Director of Jewish Studies at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Henry L. Feingold is professor of history at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Edward S. Shapiro is professor of history at Seton Hall University.