• Introduction: A Community of Scholars Who Grew a Field Jeffrey S. GurockChapter 1—Finding My Way: Uniting American Jewish Women's History and U.S. Women's History Joyce AntlerChapter 2—Reconstructing American Jewish Historical Studies Dianne AshtonChapter 3—A Meandering and Surprising Career Mark K. BaumanChapter 4—How I Became an American Jewish Historian and What That Meant For My Professional Life Hasia DinerChapter 5—A Scholar-Athlete's Discovery of American Jewish History Jeffrey S. GurockChapter 6—Object Lessons Jenna Weissman JoselitChapter 7—How I Learned to Call America "the States" and Became an American Jewish Historian Eli LederhendlerChapter 8—Sidewalk Histories or Uncovering the Venacular Jewishness of New York City Deborah Dash MooreChapter 9—Becoming an "All-of-a-Kind" Jewish Historian Pamela S. NadellChapter 10—Joining Historians as an Anthropologist at the Table of American Jewish Culture Riv–Ellen PrellChapter 11—My Life in American Jewish History Jonathan D. SarnaChapter 12—From Kremenets to New York: My Personal Journeys as a Historian Shuly Rubin SchwartzChapter 13—Finding My Place in "the Great Tradition" Gerald SorinChapter 14—Peripatetic Journeys Beth S. WengerChapter 15—The Past from the Periphery Stephen J. WhitfieldChapter 16—On Rabbis, Doctors and the American Jewish Experience Gary Phillip Zola

This well-written and engaging book includes essays by sixteen leadingJewish historians including Hasia Diner, Stephen Whitfield, and Jonathan Sarna.… the engaging essays in this excellent book demonstrate that the discipline ofJewish American History has truly arrived. Recommended for all libraries,especially those with interests in American Jewish history, American history ingeneral, and Jewish studies." —David B. Levy, Lander College for Women, AJLReviews May/June 2019