America: The Jewish Experience

Sondra Leiman

UAHC Press, Mar 1, 1994 - History - 184 pages

Aimed at intermediate grades (5-6), this spirited text chronicles the story of Jewish migration to America from the earliest colonial settlement in 1654 to the present day.

About the author

Leiman has taught in Jewish day schools for over twenty-five years, specializing in integrating social studies and Jewish studies.

Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History. He has written, edited or co-edited more than twenty-five books, including "American Judaism: A History", winner of the "Jewish Book of the Year" award from the Jewish Book Council.

Bibliographic information

• Title: America: The Jewish Experience
• Author: Sondra Leiman
• Editor: Jonathan D. Sarna
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: UAHC Press, 1994
• ISBN: 0807405000, 9780807405000
• Length: 184 pages
• Subjects: History / Jewish; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / Other; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Judaism