Jeffrey S. Gurock is Libby M. Klaperman Professor of
Jewish History
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at
Yeshiva University
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on the Yeshiva Universi ...
in
New York City
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.
Biography
Gurock earned a bachelor's degree from the
City College of New York and a master's degree from
Columbia University
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. He served as associate editor to ''
American Jewish History
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'' from 1982 to 2002.
Published works
He has written over a dozen books in the field of
American Jewish history
''American Jewish History'' is an academic journal and the official publication of the American Jewish Historical Society. The journal was established in 1892 and focuses on all aspects of the history of Jews in the United States. The journal was ...
. His work focuses on the American
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
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.
Awards and distinctions
For its 135th annual gala in 2015, the City College of New York honored Gurock as one of its distinguished alumni
Books
* ''A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism.'' Coauthor with
Jacob J. Schacter
Jacob J. Schacter (born 1950) is an American Orthodox rabbi. Schacter, a historian of intellectual trends in Orthodox Judaism, is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at ...
, Columbia University Press (1997)
Further reading
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Notes
External links
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