American Jewish Historical Quarterly: Special Bicentennial Issue: American Jewish Political Behavior, Volume LXVI, Number 2, December 1976

American Jewish Historical Society, 1976. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good.. [2], 181-362 p. Also 8 pages of advertisements at back. Footnotes. Tables. From the Society's website: "American Jewish History is the official publication of the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the United States. The most widely recognized journal in its field, AJH focuses on every aspect of the American Jewish experience. Founded in 1892 as Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society and later published as American Jewish Historical Quarterly, AJH has been the journal of record in American Jewish history for over a century, bringing readers all the richness and complexity of Jewish life in America through carefully researched, thoroughly accessible articles. The journal is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October by Johns Hopkins University Press." From an on-line obituary posting: "LEVENTMAN, Seymour 78, of Newton, on April 26, 2009. Beloved husband of Paula Goldman Leventman, ...Sy was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and has been a professor of Sociology for 51 years, the past 40 of which were at Boston College. Sy's fields of expertise were race and ethnic relations, sociological theory, and American popular culture." From a Brandeis University posting " Benjamin Halpern joined the Brandeis University Faculty in 1960 and in 1971 became the Richard Koret Professor of Judaica for the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department. Trained at the Boston Hebrew Teachers College and Harvard College as an undergraduate, Halpern continued at Harvard to earn his doctorate in sociology, history, and philosophy. Until his retirement in 1980, Halpern taught courses such as Contemporary Hebrew Literature and the History of Modern Palestine. During his tenure at Brandeis, Halpern sat on the Faculty Senate and the Advisory Planning Committee, and chaired the Humanities Council. In addition to a twenty year career at Brandeis, Halpern taught at Tel-Aviv University and Wellesley College as a visiting professor. He passed away in 1990. Intimately connected with the Zionist movement, Halpern's professional activities included editorial positions with Jewish Frontier and Midstream, as well as membership on academic boards such as the American Association for the Sociological Study of the Jews. Halpern's published works include "The Idea of the Jewish State, "(1961) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press) and "Clash of Heroes: Brandeis, Weizmann, & American Zionism" (1987) (New York: Oxford University Press)." From a Brandeis University posting: "Lawrence H. Fuchs, now a professor emeritus, founded the American Studies department at Brandeis University and was a key player in the early Peace Corps, the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, and the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. He co-taught several classes at Brandeis with his friend and associate Eleanor Roosevelt....Fuchs authored many books, including Hawaii Pono: A Social History (1961), American Ethnic Politics (1968), Family Matters (1973), The American Kaleidoscope: Race, Ethnicity, and the Civic Culture (1991), and Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families (2000). He was principal author of the texts Black in White America (1974) and The American Experiment (1981) and published extensively in academic journals and periodicals on the subjects of immigration, refugees, and ethnicity." From Wikipedia: "Will Maslow (September 27, 1907 February 23, 2007) was an American lawyer and civil rights leader who fought for full equality in a free society for Jews, blacks, and other minorities at positions he held in government and as an executive of the American Jewish Congress....Born in Kiev, Russian Empire, Maslow came to the United States with his parents Raeesa and Saul Maslow (family name Masliankin) in 1911, and was raised primarily in Brooklyn, N.Y. After graduating from Boys High School Brooklyn, he won a state scholarship to Cornell University, where he wrote for and edited the student paper, The Daily Sun, organized the Liberal Club, and, in 1929,