Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America

'jews On The Frontier' Is A Religious History Of The United States That Begins In An Unexpected Place: On The Road With Mobile Jews. It Follows Them Out Of Eastern Cities And Into The American Frontier, Where They Found Unprecedented Economic Opportunity But Also Anonymity, Loneliness, Instability, Mistrust, Scarcity, And Diversity, All Of Which Complicated The Many Legal Obligations Of Traditional Jewish Life. Judaism, America, Mobility -- Movement And Belonging -- Wandering Sons Of Israel: Europe, America, And The Politics Of Jewish Mobility -- Reminding Myself That I Am A Jew: Voluntarism And Social Life -- The Lived Religion Of American Jews -- I Prefer Choice Myself: Family And The State -- 'tis In The Spirit Not In The Form: Material Culture And Popular Theology -- Creating An American Judaism -- A Congregation Of Strangers: The Mobile Infrastructure -- The Empire Of Our Religion: The Mobile Imaginary -- The Spirit Of '77. Shari Rabin. Previously Issued In Print: 2017. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 147-184) And Index.