Jews In Nevada

Author : John P. Marschall
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874177480

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Jews in Nevada by John P. Marschall Pdf

Jews have always been one of Nevada’s most active and influential ethnic minorities. They were among the state’s earliest Euro-American settlers, and from the beginning they have been involved in every area of the state’s life as businessmen, agrarians, scholars, educators, artists, politicians, and civic, professional, and religious leaders. Jews in Nevada is an engaging, multilayered chronicle of their lives and contributions to the state. Here are absorbing accounts of individuals and families who helped to settle and develop the state, as well as thoughtful analyses of larger issues, such as the reasons Jews came to Nevada in the first place, how they created homes and interacted with non-Jews, and how they preserved their religious and cultural traditions as a small minority in a sparsely populated region.

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319245058

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American Jewish Year Book 2015 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

This Year Book, now in its 115th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities and is the Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities. The first two chapters of Part I examine Jewish immigrant groups to the US and Jewish life on campus. Chapters on “National Affairs” and “Jewish Communal Affairs” analyze the year’s events. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, social service agencies, national organizations, overnight camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies Programs, books, articles websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. For those interested in the North American Jewish community—scholars, service providers, volunteers—this volume undoubtedly provides the single best source of information on the structure, dynamics, and ongoing religious, political, and social challenges confronting the community. It should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in monitoring the dynamics of change in the Jewish communities of North America. Sidney Goldstein, Founder and Director, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, and Alice Goldstein, Population Studies and Traini ng Center, Brown University The American Jewish Year Book is a unique and valuable resource for Jewish community professionals. It is part almanac, directory, encyclopedia and all together a volume to have within easy reach. It is the best, concise diary of trends, events, and personalities of interest for the past year. We should all welcome the Year Book’s publication as a sign of vitality for the Jewish community. Brenda Gevertz, Executive Director, JPRO Network, the Jewish Professional Resource Organization

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319461229

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American Jewish Year Book 2016 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira M. Sheskin Pdf

The American Jewish Year Book, now in its 116th year, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight into their major trends. Part I presents a forum on the Pew Survey, “A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews.” Part II begins with Chapter 13, "The Jewish Family." Chapter 14 examines “American Jews and the International Arena (April 1, 2015 – April 15, 2016), which focuses on US–Israel Relations. Chapters 15-17 analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canadian, and world Jewish populations. In Part III, Chapter 18 provides lists of Jewish institutions, including federations, community centers, social service agencies, national organizations, synagogues, Hillels, day schools, camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. In the final chapters, Chapter 19 presents national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; Chapter 20 provides academic resources, including Jewish Studies programs, books, articles, websites, and research libraries; and Chapter 21 presents lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. An invaluable record of Jewish life, the American Jewish Year Book illuminates contemporary issues with insight and breadth. It is a window into a complex and ever-changing world. Deborah Dash Moore, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies, and Director Emerita of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan A century from now and more, the stately volumes of the American Jewish Year Book will stand as the authoritative record of Jewish life since 1900. For anyone interested in tracing the long-term evolution of Jewish social, political, religious, and cultural trends from an objective yet passionately Jewish perspective, there simply is no substitute. Lawrence Grossman, American Jewish Year Book Editor (1999-2008) and Contributor (1988-2015)

Author : Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 923 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319096230

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American Jewish Year Book 2014 by Arnold Dashefsky,Ira Sheskin Pdf

This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish American), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers and the press, among others.

Author : Jeanne E. Abrams
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814707203

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Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail by Jeanne E. Abrams Pdf

The image of the West looms large in the American imagination. Yet the history of American Jewry and particularly of American Jewish women—has been heavily weighted toward the East. Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. In many ways, the Jewish experience in the West was distinct. Given the still-forming social landscape, beginning with the 1848 Gold Rush, Jews were able to integrate more fully into local communities than they had in the East. Jewish women in the West took advantage of the unsettled nature of the region to “open new doors” for themselves in the public sphere in ways often not yet possible elsewhere in the country. Women were crucial to the survival of early communities, and made distinct contributions not only in shaping Jewish communal life but outside the Jewish community as well. Western Jewish women's level of involvement at the vanguard of social welfare and progressive reform, commerce, politics, and higher education and the professions is striking given their relatively small numbers. This engaging work—full of stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women—illuminates the pivotal role these women played in settling America's Western frontier.

Author : Louis Sandy Maisel,Ira N. Forman,Donald Altschiller,Charles Walker Bassett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0742528804

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Jews in American Politics by Louis Sandy Maisel,Ira N. Forman,Donald Altschiller,Charles Walker Bassett Pdf

Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no political office outside the reach of Jewish American citizens. For the first time, Jews in American Politics: Essays brings together a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Perfect for students and scholars alike, this monumental work includes thoughtful and original chapters by leading journalists, scholars, and practitioners. Topics range from Jewish leadership and identity; to Jews in Congress, on the Supreme Court, and in presidential administrations; and on to Jewish influence in the media, the lobbies, and in other arenas in which American government operates powerfully, if informally. In addition to the thematically unified essays, Jews in American Politics: Essays concludes with an invaluable roster of Jews in key governmental positions from Ambassadorships and Cabinet posts to federal judges, state governors, and mayors of major cities. Both analytical and anecdotal, the essays in Jews in American Politics offer deep insight into serious questions about the dilemmas that Jews in public service face, as well as humorous sidelights and authoritative reference materials never before collected in one source. The story of the rich tradition of Jewish participation in American political life provides an indispensable resource for any serious follower of American politics, especially in election year 2004.

Author : Harriet Rochlin,Fred Rochlin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0618001964

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Pioneer Jews by Harriet Rochlin,Fred Rochlin Pdf

Contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.

Author : Mark K. Bauman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313376054

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Jewish American Chronology by Mark K. Bauman Pdf

This comprehensive and analytical history of American Jews and Judaism from the Colonial Era to the present explores the impact of America on Jews and of Jews on America. Covering more than four centuries from the Colonial Era forward, Jewish American Chronology offers an introduction to the history of American Jews and Judaism, using individual examples, personality profiles, and illustrations to bring fundamental patterns and major themes to life. Arranged chronologically, the entries illustrate how a variety of different Jewish groups and individuals have adapted to America, both changing in accordance with time and place and retaining tradition and culture, even as they became thoroughly American. Readers will learn how Jews have created community and institutions, confronted anti-Semitism, and interacted among themselves and with other groups. They will read about immigration, migration, and socioeconomic mobility. And they will discover how Jews have filled critical economic niches, contributed disproportionately in a variety of endeavors, and changed over time and in reaction to circumstances. In this wide-ranging work, Jewish Americans are depicted in a balanced and accurate manner, describing Nobel Prize winners and standout economic success stories as well as those who achieved fame and notoriety in other ways.

Author : Jacob Rader Marcus
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814344705

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United States Jewry, 1776-1985 by Jacob Rader Marcus Pdf

In United States Jewry, 1776–1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus’s impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew, 1492–1776. The second volume of this seminal work on American Jewry covers the period from 1841 to 1860. Unlike the early Jewish settlers, these immigrants were Ashkenazim from Europe’s Germanic countries. Marcus follows the movement of these "German" Jews into all regions west of the Hudson River.

Author : Raanan Rein,David M.K. Sheinin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004462540

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Armed Jews in the Americas by Raanan Rein,David M.K. Sheinin Pdf

This volume brings together some of the best new works on armed Jews in the Americas. Links between Jews and their ties to weapons are addressed through multiple cultural, political, social, and ideological contexts, thus breaking down longstanding, stilted myths in many societies about Jews and weaponry.

Author : Kurt F. Stone
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780810877382

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The Jews of Capitol Hill by Kurt F. Stone Pdf

This volume includes entries on every Jewish member of Congress. Each entry identifies the member's political party and the years of service, provides a biographical sketch, often numbering several pages, and includes references for further study. This is the most comprehensive and extensive resource on the legacy of Jewish representation and influence in the United States Congress.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Jews
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131548559

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Western States Jewish History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathan L. Friedmann
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439669426

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Jewish Gold Country by Jonathan L. Friedmann Pdf

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma on January 24, 1848, initiated one of the largest migrations in US history. Between 1849 and 1855, hundreds of thousands of migrants arrived in Northern California hoping to find gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The rapid population growth and economic prosperity led to boomtowns, banks, and railroads, making California eligible for statehood in 1850. An international cast of gold-seekers, merchants, and tradespeople arrived by land and through the port of San Francisco, which was transformed from a small village to a cosmopolitan metropolis. Jewish pioneers, many of whom had been merchants in Europe, opened stores and businesses in small towns and mining camps in and around the Mother Lode. They established benevolent societies and cemeteries, founded synagogues and companies, held public office and positions of influence, and contributed greatly to the multicultural fabric of the Gold Country.

Author : Isaac Landman,Simon Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Jews
ISBN : UOM:39015053367341

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The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ... by Isaac Landman,Simon Cohen Pdf

Author : Jonathan M. Hess
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780812249583

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Deborah and Her Sisters by Jonathan M. Hess Pdf

Before Fiddler on the Roof, there was Deborah, a blockbuster melodrama about a Jewish woman forsaken by her non-Jewish lover. Deborah and Her Sisters offers the first comprehensive history of this transnational phenomenon, focusing on its ability to bring Jews and non-Jews together during a period of increasing antisemitism.