Marc Saperstein is Professor of Jewish Studies at King's College London, and Professor of Jewish History and Homiletics at Leo Baeck College, London, where he formerly served for five years as Principal. He is the author of several books, and is widely recognized as the leading authority in this generation on the history of the Jewish sermon in medieval and modern times.

'Marc Saperstein has virtually created a new field of Jewish studies: the scientific study of sermons . . . for having brought together, across the denominational lines that usually separate them, some of the great voices of the past and for having studied their word carefully, both in terms of their context and in terms of what they have to say to us today, we owe Saperstein our gratitude. he has made a genuine contribution to the study of a little-known field of Jewish scholarship.'- Jack Riemer, Palm Beach Jewish Journal

• Note on Editorial Practice Note on Transliteration Introduction: Modern Jewish Preaching Part I The Wars of the Napoleonic Era 1 Isaac Luria, ‘A Penitential Sermon’, 19 October 1803, London 2 Solomon Hirschel, Sermon of Thanksgiving ‘for the Success of His Majesty’s Fleet. . . off Trafalgar’, 5 December 1805, London 3 Gershom Mendes Seixas, ‘Fast Day Sermon’, 2 February 1814, New York Part II The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century 4 David Woolf Marks, ‘God Protects our Fatherland’, 7 October 1857, London 5 M. J. Michelbacher, ‘A Sermon Delivered on the Day of Prayer’, 27 March 1863, Richmond, Virginia 6 Sabato Morais, ‘Sermon for the National Fast-Day’, 30 April 1863, Philadelphia 7 Samuel Myer Isaacs, ‘Fast-Day Sermon’, 30 April 1863, New York 8 David Einhorn, Two Civil War Sermons: a. ‘Sermon Delivered on Thanksgiving Day’, 26 November 1863, Philadelphia b. ‘War with Amalek!’, 19 March 1864, Philadelphia 9 Isaac Mayer Wise, ‘The Fall of the Second French Empire’, 9 September 1870, Cincinnati 10 Benjamin Artom, ‘The War’, 17 September 1870, London 11 Sabato Morais, ‘Thanksgiving Day Sermon’, 24 November 1870, Philadelphia Part III The Wars of the Late-Nineteenth Century 12 H. Pereira Mendes, ‘The Plague of Inconsistency’ (selections), 23 April 1898, New York 13 Joseph Krauskopf, ‘A Time of War, and a Time of Peace’, 1 May 1898, Philadelphia 14 Hermann Adler, ‘Judaism and War’, 4 November 1899, London Part IV The First World War 15 George (Gedaliah) Silverstone, ‘On the Terrible War of 5675’, 25 October 1914, Washington, DC 16 Morris Joseph, ‘Christmas and War’, 25 December 1915, London 17 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Through Darkness and Death unto Light’, 1 January 1916, London 18 J. Leonard Levy, ‘A Time for War, and a Time for Peace’, 8 April 1917, Pittsburgh 19 Stephen S. Wise, ‘Can We Win the War without Losing America?’, 20 May 1917, New York 20 Hermann Gollancz, ‘Nationalism within Bounds’, 7 September 1918, London 21 Leo M. Franklin, ‘The Lure of Peace’, 13 October 1918, Detroit Part V The Second World War 22 Abraham H. Feinberg, ‘America’s Hour of Decision’, 19 September 1939, Rockford, Illinois 23 Jacob Philip Rudin, ‘God in the Blackout’, 2 October 1940, Great Neck, New York 24 Eliezer Berkovits, Two Second World War Sermons: a. ‘On a Strategy of Faith’, [3] May 1941, Leeds b. ‘Triumph of the Spirit’, 7 September 1941, Leeds 25 Maurice N. Eisendrath, ‘Blackout: How Long, O Lord, How Long?’ 21 September 1941, Toronto 26 Israel H. Levinthal, ‘Is It Death or Rebirth of the World that We Behold?’ 22 September 1941, New York 27 Ferdinand M. Isserman, ‘The United States Is at War’, 12 December 1941, St Louis 28 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Civilian Morale’, 2 April 1942, London 29 Walter Wurzburger, ‘The Individual in the Crisis’, 9 October 1943, Brighton, Massachusetts 30 Roland B. Gittelsohn, ‘The Birth of a New Freedom’, 14 March 1945, Iwo Jima Part VI Wars of the Later Twentieth Century 31 Roland B. Gittelsohn, Two Vietnam War Sermons: a. ‘Will There Be a Tomorrow?’, 26 September 1965, Boston b. ‘Answer to an Anonymous Letter’, 26 November 1965, Boston 32 Colin Eimer, ‘The Falklands Crisis’, 14 May 1982, Enfield, London 33 Immanuel Jakobovits, ‘The Morality of Warfare’, 25 May 1982, London Part VII Responses to 9/11 34 Three Sermons: a. Elias Lieberman, ‘A Sermon’, 14 September 2001, Cape Cod, Massachusetts b. Alexandra Wright, ‘New York: 11 September 2001’, 18 September 2001, Radlett and Bushey, Hertfordshire c. Barry Freundel, ‘Twin Towers of Smoke’, 15 September 2001, Washington, DC Bibliography Source Acknowledgements Index of Passages Cited General Index

Marc Saperstein is Professor of Jewish Studies at King's College London, and Professor of Jewish History and Homiletics at Leo Baeck College, London, where he formerly served for five years as Principal. He is the author of several books, and is widely recognized as the leading authority in this generation on the history of the Jewish sermon in medieval and modern times.

'Marc Saperstein has virtually created a new field of Jewish studies: the scientific study of sermons . . . for having brought together, across the denominational lines that usually separate them, some of the great voices of the past and for having studied their word carefully, both in terms of their context and in terms of what they have to say to us today, we owe Saperstein our gratitude. he has made a genuine contribution to the study of a little-known field of Jewish scholarship.'- Jack Riemer, Palm Beach Jewish Journal

• Note on Editorial Practice Note on Transliteration Introduction: Modern Jewish Preaching Part I The Wars of the Napoleonic Era 1 Isaac Luria, ‘A Penitential Sermon’, 19 October 1803, London 2 Solomon Hirschel, Sermon of Thanksgiving ‘for the Success of His Majesty’s Fleet. . . off Trafalgar’, 5 December 1805, London 3 Gershom Mendes Seixas, ‘Fast Day Sermon’, 2 February 1814, New York Part II The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century 4 David Woolf Marks, ‘God Protects our Fatherland’, 7 October 1857, London 5 M. J. Michelbacher, ‘A Sermon Delivered on the Day of Prayer’, 27 March 1863, Richmond, Virginia 6 Sabato Morais, ‘Sermon for the National Fast-Day’, 30 April 1863, Philadelphia 7 Samuel Myer Isaacs, ‘Fast-Day Sermon’, 30 April 1863, New York 8 David Einhorn, Two Civil War Sermons: a. ‘Sermon Delivered on Thanksgiving Day’, 26 November 1863, Philadelphia b. ‘War with Amalek!’, 19 March 1864, Philadelphia 9 Isaac Mayer Wise, ‘The Fall of the Second French Empire’, 9 September 1870, Cincinnati 10 Benjamin Artom, ‘The War’, 17 September 1870, London 11 Sabato Morais, ‘Thanksgiving Day Sermon’, 24 November 1870, Philadelphia Part III The Wars of the Late-Nineteenth Century 12 H. Pereira Mendes, ‘The Plague of Inconsistency’ (selections), 23 April 1898, New York 13 Joseph Krauskopf, ‘A Time of War, and a Time of Peace’, 1 May 1898, Philadelphia 14 Hermann Adler, ‘Judaism and War’, 4 November 1899, London Part IV The First World War 15 George (Gedaliah) Silverstone, ‘On the Terrible War of 5675’, 25 October 1914, Washington, DC 16 Morris Joseph, ‘Christmas and War’, 25 December 1915, London 17 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Through Darkness and Death unto Light’, 1 January 1916, London 18 J. Leonard Levy, ‘A Time for War, and a Time for Peace’, 8 April 1917, Pittsburgh 19 Stephen S. Wise, ‘Can We Win the War without Losing America?’, 20 May 1917, New York 20 Hermann Gollancz, ‘Nationalism within Bounds’, 7 September 1918, London 21 Leo M. Franklin, ‘The Lure of Peace’, 13 October 1918, Detroit Part V The Second World War 22 Abraham H. Feinberg, ‘America’s Hour of Decision’, 19 September 1939, Rockford, Illinois 23 Jacob Philip Rudin, ‘God in the Blackout’, 2 October 1940, Great Neck, New York 24 Eliezer Berkovits, Two Second World War Sermons: a. ‘On a Strategy of Faith’, [3] May 1941, Leeds b. ‘Triumph of the Spirit’, 7 September 1941, Leeds 25 Maurice N. Eisendrath, ‘Blackout: How Long, O Lord, How Long?’ 21 September 1941, Toronto 26 Israel H. Levinthal, ‘Is It Death or Rebirth of the World that We Behold?’ 22 September 1941, New York 27 Ferdinand M. Isserman, ‘The United States Is at War’, 12 December 1941, St Louis 28 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Civilian Morale’, 2 April 1942, London 29 Walter Wurzburger, ‘The Individual in the Crisis’, 9 October 1943, Brighton, Massachusetts 30 Roland B. Gittelsohn, ‘The Birth of a New Freedom’, 14 March 1945, Iwo Jima Part VI Wars of the Later Twentieth Century 31 Roland B. Gittelsohn, Two Vietnam War Sermons: a. ‘Will There Be a Tomorrow?’, 26 September 1965, Boston b. ‘Answer to an Anonymous Letter’, 26 November 1965, Boston 32 Colin Eimer, ‘The Falklands Crisis’, 14 May 1982, Enfield, London 33 Immanuel Jakobovits, ‘The Morality of Warfare’, 25 May 1982, London Part VII Responses to 9/11 34 Three Sermons: a. Elias Lieberman, ‘A Sermon’, 14 September 2001, Cape Cod, Massachusetts b. Alexandra Wright, ‘New York: 11 September 2001’, 18 September 2001, Radlett and Bushey, Hertfordshire c. Barry Freundel, ‘Twin Towers of Smoke’, 15 September 2001, Washington, DC Bibliography Source Acknowledgements Index of Passages Cited General Index

Marc Saperstein is Professor of Jewish Studies at King's College London, and Professor of Jewish History and Homiletics at Leo Baeck College, London, where he formerly served for five years as Principal. He is the author of several books, and is widely recognized as the leading authority in this generation on the history of the Jewish sermon in medieval and modern times.

'Marc Saperstein has virtually created a new field of Jewish studies: the scientific study of sermons . . . for having brought together, across the denominational lines that usually separate them, some of the great voices of the past and for having studied their word carefully, both in terms of their context and in terms of what they have to say to us today, we owe Saperstein our gratitude. he has made a genuine contribution to the study of a little-known field of Jewish scholarship.'- Jack Riemer, Palm Beach Jewish Journal

• Note on Editorial Practice Note on Transliteration Introduction: Modern Jewish Preaching Part I The Wars of the Napoleonic Era 1 Isaac Luria, ‘A Penitential Sermon’, 19 October 1803, London 2 Solomon Hirschel, Sermon of Thanksgiving ‘for the Success of His Majesty’s Fleet. . . off Trafalgar’, 5 December 1805, London 3 Gershom Mendes Seixas, ‘Fast Day Sermon’, 2 February 1814, New York Part II The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century 4 David Woolf Marks, ‘God Protects our Fatherland’, 7 October 1857, London 5 M. J. Michelbacher, ‘A Sermon Delivered on the Day of Prayer’, 27 March 1863, Richmond, Virginia 6 Sabato Morais, ‘Sermon for the National Fast-Day’, 30 April 1863, Philadelphia 7 Samuel Myer Isaacs, ‘Fast-Day Sermon’, 30 April 1863, New York 8 David Einhorn, Two Civil War Sermons: a. ‘Sermon Delivered on Thanksgiving Day’, 26 November 1863, Philadelphia b. ‘War with Amalek!’, 19 March 1864, Philadelphia 9 Isaac Mayer Wise, ‘The Fall of the Second French Empire’, 9 September 1870, Cincinnati 10 Benjamin Artom, ‘The War’, 17 September 1870, London 11 Sabato Morais, ‘Thanksgiving Day Sermon’, 24 November 1870, Philadelphia Part III The Wars of the Late-Nineteenth Century 12 H. Pereira Mendes, ‘The Plague of Inconsistency’ (selections), 23 April 1898, New York 13 Joseph Krauskopf, ‘A Time of War, and a Time of Peace’, 1 May 1898, Philadelphia 14 Hermann Adler, ‘Judaism and War’, 4 November 1899, London Part IV The First World War 15 George (Gedaliah) Silverstone, ‘On the Terrible War of 5675’, 25 October 1914, Washington, DC 16 Morris Joseph, ‘Christmas and War’, 25 December 1915, London 17 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Through Darkness and Death unto Light’, 1 January 1916, London 18 J. Leonard Levy, ‘A Time for War, and a Time for Peace’, 8 April 1917, Pittsburgh 19 Stephen S. Wise, ‘Can We Win the War without Losing America?’, 20 May 1917, New York 20 Hermann Gollancz, ‘Nationalism within Bounds’, 7 September 1918, London 21 Leo M. Franklin, ‘The Lure of Peace’, 13 October 1918, Detroit Part V The Second World War 22 Abraham H. Feinberg, ‘America’s Hour of Decision’, 19 September 1939, Rockford, Illinois 23 Jacob Philip Rudin, ‘God in the Blackout’, 2 October 1940, Great Neck, New York 24 Eliezer Berkovits, Two Second World War Sermons: a. ‘On a Strategy of Faith’, [3] May 1941, Leeds b. ‘Triumph of the Spirit’, 7 September 1941, Leeds 25 Maurice N. Eisendrath, ‘Blackout: How Long, O Lord, How Long?’ 21 September 1941, Toronto 26 Israel H. Levinthal, ‘Is It Death or Rebirth of the World that We Behold?’ 22 September 1941, New York 27 Ferdinand M. Isserman, ‘The United States Is at War’, 12 December 1941, St Louis 28 Joseph H. Hertz, ‘Civilian Morale’, 2 April 1942, London 29 Walter Wurzburger, ‘The Individual in the Crisis’, 9 October 1943, Brighton, Massachusetts 30 Roland B. Gittelsohn, ‘The Birth of a New Freedom’, 14 March 1945, Iwo Jima Part VI Wars of the Later Twentieth Century 31 Roland B. Gittelsohn, Two Vietnam War Sermons: a. ‘Will There Be a Tomorrow?’, 26 September 1965, Boston b. ‘Answer to an Anonymous Letter’, 26 November 1965, Boston 32 Colin Eimer, ‘The Falklands Crisis’, 14 May 1982, Enfield, London 33 Immanuel Jakobovits, ‘The Morality of Warfare’, 25 May 1982, London Part VII Responses to 9/11 34 Three Sermons: a. Elias Lieberman, ‘A Sermon’, 14 September 2001, Cape Cod, Massachusetts b. Alexandra Wright, ‘New York: 11 September 2001’, 18 September 2001, Radlett and Bushey, Hertfordshire c. Barry Freundel, ‘Twin Towers of Smoke’, 15 September 2001, Washington, DC Bibliography Source Acknowledgements Index of Passages Cited General Index