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Welcome
Jeffrey S. Gurock is Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University . He is the author or editor of thirteen books. His works include A MODERN HERETIC AND A TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY:MORDECAI M. KAPLAN, ORTHODOXY AND AMERICAN JUDAISM ( Columbia U. Press, 1997). In 1998, A MODERN HERETIC...was awarded the bi-annual Saul Viener Prize from the American Jewish Historical Society for the best book written in that field. Gurock served from 1982-2002 as associate editor of AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY, the leading academic journal in that field. He is also a former chair of the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society Gurock's latest book,JUDAISM'S ENCOUNTER WITH AMERICAN SPORTS was published in 2005 by Indiana University Press.
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