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Title: Religion and State in the American Jewish Experience by Jonathan D. Sarna, David G. Dalin ISBN: 0-268-01656-9 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00

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Summary: Documenting Diversity in Jewish America
Comment: With this reader, Jonathan D. Sarna and David G. Dalin illustrate the diversity of opinions by American Jewry about the place of religion in public life. While the notion that Jews have always adhered to a strict separation of church and state is a popular one, it is not an accurate one. Throughout the years, the Jewish community has accomodated a rich variety of outlooks and positions.

By examining documents from 1654 to the present day, Sarna and Dalin seek to recover divergent voices and opinions. To a large extent they succeed. The primary sources provided are ones that represent different positions on both general and specific church-state topics as they affected Jews. Each chapter opens with a two-page essay that provides a broad historical context for the selected topic. The chapters are then divided into sections and each section starts with an explanatory paragraph. The book itself is arranged chronologically. The authors' discussion of church and state is drawn from the papers of men and those agencies, such as the Synagogue Council of America and the American Jewish Congress, dominated by men. The voices of women would have been a welcome addition to this book, particularly when focusing on marriage and the family. The debate over whether a secular judge can compel a religious divorce, a get, is becoming of increasing interest but a woman's opinion is not represented in Sarna's and Dalin's book.

This reader is aimed at college students and succeeds as an anthology for students of history and philosophy as well as those with an interest in political science.