Naomi W. Cohen, a retired Professor of History now residing in Jerusalem, has written extensively on American Jewry. The recipient of various prizes for her scholarship, she has twice been awarded the National Jewish Book Award for history. Her most recent books are Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership and The Americanization of Zionism.

• Acknowledgments Introduction * 1 The Muzzled Rabbi * 2 From the Words of Sabato Morais * 3 Heroes and Villains * 4 Meant for Children * 5 Rabbi versus Rabbi * 6 Restoration to Palestine * 7 Rabbis under Attack * 8 The New Antisemitism * 9 The World's Parliament of Religions * 10 Building a Profession Notes Index About the Author

"Cohen's discussion is learned and lively, clear and well argued: it brings history back to life through some of its most engaged actors and in their own words. (Rhetorical Review) "Naomi Cohen charts how Jewish clergy negotiated the competing claims of tradition and the novel cultural, political, and religious context of America. (First Things) Cohen breaks new ground by drawing from relatively unstudied sources: the sermons delivered in nineteenth-century synagogues. - Marc Saperstein,Principal, Leo Baeck College "This book is important for readers of American Jewish history and for anyone who wants to comprehend the thorny interaction between minority and majority religions and cultures in Western modernity. (Choice) Naomi Cohens book brings important new evidence to our attention and thus helps us better understand a crucial era in the history of American Judaism and of the American rabbinate. (American Jewish Archives Journal)

Naomi W. Cohen, a retired Professor of History now residing in Jerusalem, has written extensively on American Jewry. The recipient of various prizes for her scholarship, she has twice been awarded the National Jewish Book Award for history. Her most recent books are Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership and The Americanization of Zionism.

• Acknowledgments Introduction * 1 The Muzzled Rabbi * 2 From the Words of Sabato Morais * 3 Heroes and Villains * 4 Meant for Children * 5 Rabbi versus Rabbi * 6 Restoration to Palestine * 7 Rabbis under Attack * 8 The New Antisemitism * 9 The World's Parliament of Religions * 10 Building a Profession Notes Index About the Author

"Cohen's discussion is learned and lively, clear and well argued: it brings history back to life through some of its most engaged actors and in their own words. (Rhetorical Review) "Naomi Cohen charts how Jewish clergy negotiated the competing claims of tradition and the novel cultural, political, and religious context of America. (First Things) Cohen breaks new ground by drawing from relatively unstudied sources: the sermons delivered in nineteenth-century synagogues. - Marc Saperstein,Principal, Leo Baeck College "This book is important for readers of American Jewish history and for anyone who wants to comprehend the thorny interaction between minority and majority religions and cultures in Western modernity. (Choice) Naomi Cohens book brings important new evidence to our attention and thus helps us better understand a crucial era in the history of American Judaism and of the American rabbinate. (American Jewish Archives Journal)

Naomi W. Cohen, a retired Professor of History now residing in Jerusalem, has written extensively on American Jewry. The recipient of various prizes for her scholarship, she has twice been awarded the National Jewish Book Award for history. Her most recent books are Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership and The Americanization of Zionism.

• Acknowledgments Introduction * 1 The Muzzled Rabbi * 2 From the Words of Sabato Morais * 3 Heroes and Villains * 4 Meant for Children * 5 Rabbi versus Rabbi * 6 Restoration to Palestine * 7 Rabbis under Attack * 8 The New Antisemitism * 9 The World's Parliament of Religions * 10 Building a Profession Notes Index About the Author

"Cohen's discussion is learned and lively, clear and well argued: it brings history back to life through some of its most engaged actors and in their own words. (Rhetorical Review) "Naomi Cohen charts how Jewish clergy negotiated the competing claims of tradition and the novel cultural, political, and religious context of America. (First Things) Cohen breaks new ground by drawing from relatively unstudied sources: the sermons delivered in nineteenth-century synagogues. - Marc Saperstein,Principal, Leo Baeck College "This book is important for readers of American Jewish history and for anyone who wants to comprehend the thorny interaction between minority and majority religions and cultures in Western modernity. (Choice) Naomi Cohens book brings important new evidence to our attention and thus helps us better understand a crucial era in the history of American Judaism and of the American rabbinate. (American Jewish Archives Journal)