East European Jews in America, 1880-1920

East European Jews in America, 1880-1920
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 041591924X
ISBN-13 : 9780415919241
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis East European Jews in America, 1880-1920 by : Jeffrey S. Gurock

American Jewish History

American Jewish History
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 486
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ISBN-10 : 0415919266
ISBN-13 : 9780415919265
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis American Jewish History by : Jeffrey S. Gurock

The Americanization of the Jews

The Americanization of the Jews
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 492
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ISBN-10 : 9780814780008
ISBN-13 : 0814780008
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Americanization of the Jews by : Robert Seltzer

Assesses the current state of American Jewish life, drawing on the research and thinking of scholars from a variety of disciplines and diverse points of view.

The American Jewish Experience

The American Jewish Experience
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Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0841909342
ISBN-13 : 9780841909342
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The American Jewish Experience by : Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience

Jewish Immigrants and American Capitalism, 1880-1920

Jewish Immigrants and American Capitalism, 1880-1920
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780521513609
ISBN-13 : 052151360X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Immigrants and American Capitalism, 1880-1920 by : Eli Lederhendler

Down and out in Eastern Europe -- Being an immigrant: ideal, ordeal, and opportunities -- Becoming an (ethnic) American: from class to ideology.

Landmark of the Spirit

Landmark of the Spirit
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9780300124705
ISBN-13 : 0300124708
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Landmark of the Spirit by : Annie Polland

New York City’s magnificent Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 in response to the great wave of Jewish immigrants who fled persecution in eastern Europe. Finding their way to the Lower East Side, the new arrivals formed a vibrant Jewish community that flourished from the 1850s until the 1940s. Their synagogue served not only as a place of worship but also as a singularly important center in the development of American Judaism. A near ruin in the 1980s that was recently reopened after a massive twenty-year restoration, the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been named a National Historic Landmark. But as Bill Moyers tells us in his foreword, the synagogue is also “a landmark of the spirit, . . . the spirit of a new nation committed to the old idea of liberty.” Annie Polland uses elements of the building’s architecture—the façade, the benches, the grooves worn into the sanctuary floor—as points of departure to discuss themes, people, and trends at various moments in the synagogue’s history, particularly during its heyday from 1887 until the 1930s. Exploring the synagogue’s rich archives, the author shines new light on the religious life of immigrant Jews, introduces various rabbis, cantors and congregants, and analyzes the significance of this special building in the context of the larger American-Jewish experience. For more information, go to: www.EldridgeStreet.org

Indianapolis

Indianapolis
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Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Total Pages : 69
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ISBN-10 : 9780871952998
ISBN-13 : 0871952998
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Indianapolis by : M. Teresa Baer

The booklet opens with the Delaware Indians prior to 1818. White Americans quickly replaced the natives. Germanic people arrived during the mid-nineteenth century. African American indentured servants and free blacks migrated to Indianapolis. After the Civil War, southern blacks poured into the city. Fleeing war and political unrest, thousands of eastern and southern Europeans came to Indianapolis. Anti-immigration laws slowed immigration until World War II. Afterward, the city welcomed students and professionals from Asia and the Middle East and refugees from war-torn countries such as Vietnam and poor countries such as Mexico. Today, immigrants make Indianapolis more diverse and culturally rich than ever before.

The Jewish Unions in America

The Jewish Unions in America
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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9781783743568
ISBN-13 : 1783743565
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Jewish Unions in America by : Bernard Weinstein

Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism were very much in the air. He found a home in the tenements of New York and for the next fifty years he devoted his life to the struggles of fellow Jewish workers. The Jewish Unions in America blends memoir and history to chronicle this time. It describes how Weinstein led countless strikes, held the unions together in the face of retaliation from the bosses, investigated sweatshops and factories with the aid of reformers, and faced down schisms by various factions, including Anarchists and Communists. He co-founded the United Hebrew Trades and wrote speeches, articles and books advancing the cause of the labor movement. From the pages of this book emerges a vivid picture of workers’ organizations at the beginning of the twentieth century and a capitalist system that bred exploitation, poverty, and inequality. Although workers’ rights have made great progress in the decades since, Weinstein’s descriptions of workers with jobs pitted against those without, and American workers against workers abroad, still carry echoes today. The Jewish Unions in America is a testament to the struggles of working people a hundred years ago. But it is also a reminder that workers must still battle to live decent lives in the free market. For the first time, Maurice Wolfthal’s readable translation makes Weinstein’s Yiddish text available to English readers. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, Jewish history, and the history of American immigration.

American Jewish History

American Jewish History
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Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Total Pages : 475
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ISBN-10 : 9781611685107
ISBN-13 : 1611685109
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis American Jewish History by : Gary Phillip Zola

Presenting the American Jewish historical experience from its communal beginnings to the present through documents, photographs, and other illustrations, many of which have never before been published, this entirely new collection of source materials complements existing textbooks on American Jewish history with an organization and pedagogy that reflect the latest historiographical trends and the most creative teaching approaches. Ten chapters, organized chronologically, include source materials that highlight the major thematic questions of each era and tell many stories about what it was like to immigrate and acculturate to American life, practice different forms of Judaism, engage with the larger political, economic, and social cultures that surrounded American Jews, and offer assistance to Jews in need around the world. At the beginning of each chapter, the editors provide a brief historical overview highlighting some of the most important developments in both American and American Jewish history during that particular era. Source materials in the collection are preceded by short headnotes that orient readers to the documentsÕ historical context and significance.

Out of the Shadow

Out of the Shadow
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HWMXL9
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Rating : 4/5 (L9 Downloads)

Synopsis Out of the Shadow by : Rose Cohen

Cohen was Russian-born American author whose 1918 autobiography Out of the Shadow provides a classic account of the lives of Jewish immigrants in New York City at the end of the 19th century.