David G. Dalin, an ordained rab­bi and wide­ly-pub­lished schol­ar of Amer­i­can Jew­ish his­to­ry, has taught Jew­ish stud­ies at sev­er­al uni­ver­si­ties and has been the Taube Research Fel­low at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author, co-author or edi­tor of eleven pre­vi­ous books, includ­ing Reli­gion and State in the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Expe­ri­ence, co-authored with Jonathan D. Sarna.