Hillel at Michigan, 1926/27-1945: Struggles of Jewish Identity in a Pivotal Era

by Kenneth Garner and Andrei S. Markovits

This book provides the very first in-depth analysis of the founding decades of a major Hillel chapter in the United States. Hillel at the University of Michigan was founded in 1926 as the fourth such chapter in the United States following its establishment at three other public universities in the Midwest: Illinois (1923); Wisconsin (1924); Ohio State (1925).

The study analyzes Hillel's challenges as a big-tent, catch-all institution trying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607854031
• ISBN13: 9781607854036
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Michigan Publishing Services
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"