The first full-length presentation of Jewish life, history, and culture in California from the Gold Rush to the twenty-first century.

Presenting the American Jewish historical experience from its communal beginnings to the present through documents, photographs, and other illustrations, many o

Lila Corwin Berman asks why, over the course of the twentieth century, American Jews became increasingly fascinated, even obsessed, with explaining themselves t

"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic, organized by the Autry National Center of the American West."--Introd

In a series of nine original essays, the editors and other leading American historians bring dramatically new perspectives to bear on our understanding of the W