Author : Murray Polner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0071964622
American Jewish Biographies
Murray Polner
American Jewish Biographies
American Jewish Biographies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of American Jewish Biographies book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Writing Our Lives
Steven Joel Rubin
Author : Steven Joel Rubin
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0827603932
Writing Our Lives by Steven Joel Rubin Pdf
Twenty-eight selections from the writings of some of the best-known American-Jewish novelists, dramatists, critics, and historians span the social and cultural history of American Jews in the twentieth century. Often joyous, occasionally tragic, they provide a fascinating record—from immigration to assimilation, from life in the ghetto to the current movement by many to recapture their Jewish identity. At once personal and historical, the selections are poignant and moving testimonies to the perseverance of the American-Jewish people.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Author : Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826480408
Dictionary of Jewish Biography by Dan Cohn-Sherbok Pdf
From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Balla Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the richness of the Jewish heritage. With the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers.
Autobiographies of American Jews
Harold Uriel Ribalow
Author : Harold Uriel Ribalow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042565054
Autobiographies of American Jews by Harold Uriel Ribalow Pdf
Excerpts from the adventurous lives of Jewish men and women exemplifying their adjustment to and participation in American life, mostly between 1880 and 1920.
Selected Books of American Jewish Biography
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Jews
ISBN : OCLC:1283815
Selected Books of American Jewish Biography by Anonim Pdf
Jacob H. Schiff
Naomi Wiener Cohen
Author : Naomi Wiener Cohen
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874519489
Jacob H. Schiff by Naomi Wiener Cohen Pdf
The first full-scale biography of a major Jewish leader and financier.
American Jewish History
Norman H. Finkelstein
Author : Norman H. Finkelstein
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827609754
American Jewish History by Norman H. Finkelstein Pdf
This JPS Guide chronicles the extraordinary history of American Jewry. Finkelstein tells the dramatic 350-year story of the people and events that shaped the lives of today's American Jews. Divided into six time periods, American Jewish History describes Jewish life from the time of the early settlers, to the period of massive immigration that flooded the cities, to the incredible growth of Jews in positions of influence in business, politics, and the arts. This is a story of a people who affected not only the lives of Jews in the U.S. today, but also the course of American history itself. There are over 70 black and white photographs, maps, and charts and more than 120 feature boxes and biographies throughout, as well as timelines, notes, a bibliography, and index. Finkelstein has made the saga of American Jewry much more than a compilation of historical facts. This is wonderfully stimulating journey--a worthwhile adventure for readers of all ages.
My Future Is in America
Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer
Author : Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814716953
My Future Is in America by Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer Pdf
In 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme “Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America.” Chosen from over two hundred entries, and translated from Yiddish, the nine life stories in My Future Is in America provide a compelling portrait of American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. The writers arrived in America in every decade from the 1890s to the 1920s. They include manual workers, shopkeepers, housewives, communal activists, and professionals who came from all parts of Eastern Europe and ushered in a new era in American Jewish history. In their own words, the immigrant writers convey the complexities of the transition between the Old and New Worlds. An Introduction places the writings in historical and literary context, and annotations explain historical and cultural allusions made by the writers. This unique volume introduces readers to the complex world of Yiddish-speaking immigrants while at the same time elucidating important themes and topics of interest to those in immigration studies, ethnic studies, labor history, and literary studies. Published in conjunction with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Autobiographies of American Jews
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:479980218
Autobiographies of American Jews by Anonim Pdf
Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America
Matthew Silver
Author : Matthew Silver
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780815651987
Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America by Matthew Silver Pdf
A milestone in modern Jewish history and American ethnic history, the sweeping influence of Louis Marshall’s career through the 1920s is unprecedented. A tireless advocate for and leader of an array of notable American Jewish organizations and institutions, Marshall also spearheaded civil rights campaigns for other ethnic groups, blazing the trail for the NAACP, Native American groups, and environmental protection causes in the early twentieth century. No comprehensive biography has been published that does justice to Marshall’s richly diverse life as an impassioned defender of Jewish communal interests and as a prominent attorney who reportedly argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any other attorney of his era. Silver eloquently fills that gap, tracing Marshall’s career in detail to reveal how Jewish subgroups of Eastern European immigrants and established Central European elites interacted in New York City and elsewhere to fuse distinctive communal perspectives on specific Jewish issues and broad American affairs. Through the chronicle of Marshall’s life, Silver sheds light on immigration policies, Jewish organizational and social history, environmental activism, and minority politics during World War I, and he bears witness to the rise of American Jewish ethnicity in pre-Holocaust America.
American Jewish Desk Reference
American Jewish Historical Society
Author : American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher : Random House Reference
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049668927
American Jewish Desk Reference by American Jewish Historical Society Pdf
This all-encompassing reference book covers virtually every subject pertaining to Jews in the United States. The sheer volume of information on the subjects and people relative to the Jewish experience in the United States is what makes this book so impressive. Arranged by subject -- from Feminism, Intermarriage and Conversion, Rituals and Celebrations, Business, Education, and Sports to Art and Entertainment -- chapters include A-Z and chronological listings of events, people, and more.Included in this book are descriptions of the many noteworthy Jewish Americans who had a profound effect on our country, including Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Harvey Milk, Calvin Klein, Peggy Guggenheim, Mark Rothko, Woody Allen and Gloria Steinem, just to name a few. This book brings together the issues and figures of contemporary Judaism in the United States in an adult manner unlike any other reference book of its kind.
Memories of an American Jew
Philip Cowen
Author : Philip Cowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015002633850
Memories of an American Jew by Philip Cowen Pdf
Rebecca Gratz
Dianne Ashton
Author : Dianne Ashton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814341018
Rebecca Gratz by Dianne Ashton Pdf
This is the first in-depth biography of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), the foremost American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century. Perhaps the best-known member of the prominent Gratz family of Philadelphia, she was a fervent patriot, a profoundly religious woman, and a widely known activist for poor women. She devoted her life to confronting and resolving the personal challenges she faced as a Jew and as a female member of a prosperous family. In using hundreds of Gratz's own letters in her research, Dianne Ashton reveals Gratz's own blend of Jewish and American values and explores the significance of her work. Informed by her American and Jewish ideas, values, and attitudes, Gratz created and managed a variety of municipal and Jewish institutions for charity and education, including America's first independent Jewish women's charitable society, the first Jewish Sunday school, and the first American Jewish foster home. Through her commitment to establishing charitable resources for women, promoting Judaism in a Christian society, and advancing women's roles in Jewish life, Gratz shaped a Jewish arm of what has been called America's largely Protestant "benevolent empire." Influenced by the religious and political transformations taking place nationally and locally, Gratz matured into a social visionary whose dreams for American Jewish life far surpassed the realities she saw around her. She believed that Judaism was advanced by the founding of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society and the Hebrew Sunday School because they offered religious education to thousands of children and leadership opportunities to Jewish women. Gratz's organizations worked with an inclusive definition of Jewishness that encompassed all Philadelphia Jews at a time when differences in national origin, worship style, and religious philosophy divided them. Legend has it that Gratz was the prototype for the heroine Rebecca of York in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, the Jewish woman who refused to wed the Christian hero of the tale out of loyalty to her faith and father. That legend has draped Gratz's life in sentimentality and has blurred our vision of her. Rebecca Gratz is the first book to examine Gratz's life, her legend, and our memory.
My Future Is in America
Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer
Author : Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814717042
My Future Is in America by Jocelyn Cohen,Daniel Soyer Pdf
In 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme “Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America.” Chosen from over two hundred entries, and translated from Yiddish, the nine life stories in My Future Is in America provide a compelling portrait of American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. The writers arrived in America in every decade from the 1890s to the 1920s. They include manual workers, shopkeepers, housewives, communal activists, and professionals who came from all parts of Eastern Europe and ushered in a new era in American Jewish history. In their own words, the immigrant writers convey the complexities of the transition between the Old and New Worlds. An Introduction places the writings in historical and literary context, and annotations explain historical and cultural allusions made by the writers. This unique volume introduces readers to the complex world of Yiddish-speaking immigrants while at the same time elucidating important themes and topics of interest to those in immigration studies, ethnic studies, labor history, and literary studies. Published in conjunction with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
America's Triumph
Dorothy Alofsin
Author : Dorothy Alofsin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0836980522
