Jewish communities on the Ohio River: a history
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1. Verfasser: Shevitz, Amy Hill (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentucky ©2007
Schriftenreihe:Ohio River Valley series
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Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
On the Frontier -- From Europe to the Ohio River Valley -- Finding and founding communities -- Religious conflicts and congruity -- A Judaism for the middle class -- The community within a community -- Maintaining community -- The East European immigration and the reconfiguration of community -- Communities at maturity -- The demise of community
In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and development of small Jewish communities in towns along the river. In these small towns, Jewish citizens created networks of businesses and families that developed into a distinctive, nineteenth-century middle-class culture. As a minority group with a vital role in each community, Ohio Valley Jews fostered American religious pluralism as they constructed a regional identity. Their contributions to the culture and economy of the region countered the anti-Semitic sentiments of the period
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 266 pages)
ISBN:0813138434
0813172160
9780813138435
9780813172163

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