March 19, 2004

Jewish 'Denominations'; Class; and Close Readings

Jonathan D. Sarna,professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University and author of

American Judaism: A History (Yale University Press, 2004):

For decades, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Orthodox Judaism insisted that they were "wings" or "streams" of Judaism -- Jewish religious "movements." Suddenly, in recent years, they have all become "denominations." The change is revealing.

Denominationalism as we know it emerged in 18th-century

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