sentences:  Born in Philadelphia, and raised in New York City and Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Sarna attended Brandeis University, Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, Mercaz HaRav Kook in Jerusalem, Israel and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he obtained his doctorate in 1979.Sarna is regarded by "Forward" newspaper as one of the most prominent historians of American Judaism.His 2004 book, "American Judaism