Jeffrey S. Gurock

Jeffrey S. Gurock is Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York City.

Biography

Gurock earned a bachelor's degree from the City College of New York and a master's degree from Columbia University. He served as associate editor to American Jewish History from 1982 to 2002.

Published works

He has written over a dozen books in the field of American Jewish history. His work focuses on the American Orthodox community and the variations in Orthodox practice and ritual over the course of American Jewish history. His books include Orthodox Jews in America (Indiana University Press, 2009), a comprehensive social and cultural history of this group and its relations to other Jews and mainstream American society, and Jews in Gotham (New York University Press, 2012), which chronicles New York Jewry from 1920 to 2010.[1][2]

Awards and distinctions

For its 135th annual gala in 2015, the City College of New York honored Gurock as one of its distinguished alumni[3]

Books

  • A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism. Coauthor with Jacob J. Schacter, Columbia University Press (1997)[4][5][6][7]

Further reading

  • Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Jeffrey Gurock: Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, Orthodox Jew, and Sportsman". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 429–437. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5.

Notes

  1. ^ "Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock". Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock official website. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. ^ Katz, Debra E. (September 13, 2008). "Led by Chabad, diverse group of Jews make up new presence in Harlem". New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ^ "CCNY Honors Phylicia Rashad and Six Distinguished Alumni at Annual Gala". October 21, 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  4. ^ Shargel, Baila R. (1999). "Review of A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism". American Jewish History. 87 (4): 404–408. doi:10.1353/ajh.1999.0043. JSTOR 23886240. S2CID 162229017.
  5. ^ Goldsmith, Emanuel S. (1999). "Review of A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism". AJS Review. 24 (1): 171–174. doi:10.1017/S0364009400011181. JSTOR 1486540. S2CID 162231756.
  6. ^ Starr, David B. (1998). "Review of A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism". Jewish Political Studies Review. 10 (1/2): 138–141. JSTOR 25834422.
  7. ^ Libowitz, Richard (1998). "A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 16 (4): 110–112. doi:10.1353/sho.1998.0086. JSTOR 42943988. S2CID 170371494. Project MUSE 472381.


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