Harold I. Saperstein served as rabbi of Temple Emanu-El of Lynbrook, N.Y., from 1933 until his retirement in 1980. The specific contours of his career reflect a sustained effort to use the pulpit of this suburban temple to communicate a Jewish perspective based on personal encounters with great issues of the day-including the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust, the civil rights era, the McCarthy era, and other turning points in American history. The fifty-two sermons in this book have been selected, introduced, and annotated by Marc Saperstein, whose award-winning books on the history of Jewish preaching have established him as a leading expert on this subject. No other book illustrates as effectively the value of the sermon as a resource for understanding the challenges faced by American Jews at some of the most dramatic moments in the turbulent history of this century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lexington Books
ISBN-13
9780739100998
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94402190
Product Key Features
Author
Marc Saperstein, Harold I. Saperstein
Publication Name
Witness from the Pulpit: Topical Sermons, 1933-1980
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
649g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Harold I. Saperstein, Marc Saperstein
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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