Jews and American Public Life

David G. Dalin, a historian and rabbi, is Senior Research Fellow at Brandeis University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twelve books, most recently Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court, which was selected as a finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award.

• Foreword by Jonathan D. SarnaAcknowledgments Permissions IntroductionPart OnePresidents, Presidential Appointments and America’s Jews1. The Founding Fathers and American Jews2. Presidents, Presidential Appointments, and Jews3. The Appointment of Louis D. Brandeis, First Jewish Justice on the Supreme CourtPart TwoGerman-Jewish Notables and American Jewish Public Life4. Mayer Sulzberger and American Jewish Public Life5. Patron par Excellence—Mayer Sulzberger and the Early Seminary6. Louis Marshall, the Jewish Vote, and the Republican Party7. The Legacy of Julius Rosenwald8. Cyrus Adler, Non-Zionism, and the Zionist Movement: A Study in Contradictions9. Cyrus Adler and the Rescue of Jewish Refugee ScholarsPart ThreeChurch-State Relations and America’s Jews10. American Jews and the Church-State DebatePart FourJews and Civil Liberties11. Jews, Nazis, and Civil LibertiesPart FiveJews and City Politics12. Jewish Republicanism and City Politics: The San Francisco Experience, 1911–1963Part SixJewish Intellectuals and Jewish Public Life13. From Marxism to Judaism: Will Herberg in Retrospect14. The Jewish Historiography of Hannah ArendtPart SevenJews, Baseball, and American Public Life15. Hank Greenberg at 100: Remembering Baseball’s Greatest Jewish Superstar16. A Brief, Brilliant Career: Why We Can’t Forget Sandy KoufaxIndex