Exploring American Jewish History Through 50 Historic Treasures:
This full-color book offers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture
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Zusammenfassung: | This full-color book offers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture |
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spelling | Decter, Avi Y. Verfasser aut Exploring American Jewish History Through 50 Historic Treasures 1st ed Blue Ridge Summit Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated 2024 ©2023 1 Online-Ressource (307 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier AASLH Exploring America's Historic Treasures Series Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Timeline -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Part I. JEWISH LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA (BEFORE 1820) -- 1. The First Rabbi: Portrait of Isaac Aboab -- 2. Power Portraits: The Levy-Franks Family -- 3. The Oldest Synagogue: Touro Synagogue -- 4. A Jewish Wedding: Marriage Contract, 1779 -- 5. Masterpieces of Metalwork: Myer Myers Rimmonim -- 6. To Bigotry No Sanction: Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport -- Part II. EXPANSION AND DIVERSITY, 1820-1880 -- 7. Ambition and Aspiration: The Maryland Jew Bill -- 8. The Beginnings of Reform: Interior of Beth Elohim -- 9. On the Road: The Peddler's Wagon -- 10. Educating the Children: An American Catechism -- 11. Small-Town Jews: The Jewish Burial Ground -- 12. Regeneration versus Reform: Leeser's Occident -- 13. Counselor to the Confederacy: Judah P. Benjamin -- 14. The First Blue Jeans: Levi Strauss's Denim Pants -- 15. Celebration and Conflict: The Trefa Banquet Menu -- Part III. A GREAT MIGRATION, 1880-1924 -- 16. Mother of Exiles: "The New Colossus" -- 17. Cathedrals of Commerce: The Hutzler Palace Cabinet -- 18. A Parliament of Women: The Jewish Women's Congress -- 19. Back to the Land: Jewish Agricultural Colonies -- 20. Education, Entertainment, Art: The Forward Linotype -- 21. Strike of the 20,000: Labor Protest Banners and Signs -- 22. The Edge of a Dream: A Lower East Side Tenement -- 23. A Taste of Home: A Landsmanshaft Banner -- 24. Toy Craze: The Teddy Bear -- 25. American Work: The JWB Siddur -- Part IV. GETTING COMFORTABLE IN AMERICA, 1920-1967 -- 26. The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer -- 27. A Container for Charity: The JNF Blue Box -- 28. The Passion of Ben Shahn: Sacco and Vanzetti -- 29. Leaving Egypt: The Maxwell House Haggadah -- 30. Honoring the Serviceman: The Beth Jacob Banner 31. The First Recognition: Truman's Torah -- 32. Prime-Time Jews: The Goldbergs -- 33. When You Live in Hawaii: Community Cookbooks -- 34. Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom: No. 46 (Black, Ochre, Red over Red) by Mark Rothko -- 35. A Worthy Use of Summer: Camp Ramah -- 36. The American Dream: Goodbye, Columbus -- 37. The Borscht Belt: Catskill Resorts -- 38. Protestant, Catholic, Jew: Three Chapels at Brandeis -- 39. Modeling Torah-True Judaism: Chabad House -- 40. The Shtetl Revisited: Fiddler on the Roof -- Part V. CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND ITS CHALLENGES, 1967-PRESENT -- 41. DIY Judaism: Havurat Shalom -- 42. Jewish Women Call for Change: Ezrat Nashim -- 43. Let Our People Go: The Rally for Soviet Jewry -- 44. Never Again: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum -- 45. The New Jewish Food Movement: Urban Adamah -- 46. First, Earn Their Trust: Campaign Buttons -- 47. Visual Commentary: Lilith by Siona Benjamin -- 48. Acts of Bigotry: The Tree of Life Synagogue Murders -- 49. One in Ten: Pride T-shirt -- 50. The Long Conversation: Judaism on the Internet -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author This full-color book offers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture Geschichte 1820-2023 gnd rswk-swf Jews-Material culture-United States Jews-United States-Social life and customs Jews-United States-History United States-Social life and customs Sachkultur (DE-588)4051157-1 gnd rswk-swf Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 s Sachkultur (DE-588)4051157-1 s Geschichte 1820-2023 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Decter, Avi Y. Exploring American Jewish History Through 50 Historic Treasures Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,c2024 9781538115619 |
spellingShingle | Decter, Avi Y. Exploring American Jewish History Through 50 Historic Treasures Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Timeline -- Acknowledgments -- General Introduction -- Part I. JEWISH LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA (BEFORE 1820) -- 1. The First Rabbi: Portrait of Isaac Aboab -- 2. Power Portraits: The Levy-Franks Family -- 3. The Oldest Synagogue: Touro Synagogue -- 4. A Jewish Wedding: Marriage Contract, 1779 -- 5. Masterpieces of Metalwork: Myer Myers Rimmonim -- 6. To Bigotry No Sanction: Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport -- Part II. EXPANSION AND DIVERSITY, 1820-1880 -- 7. Ambition and Aspiration: The Maryland Jew Bill -- 8. The Beginnings of Reform: Interior of Beth Elohim -- 9. On the Road: The Peddler's Wagon -- 10. Educating the Children: An American Catechism -- 11. Small-Town Jews: The Jewish Burial Ground -- 12. Regeneration versus Reform: Leeser's Occident -- 13. Counselor to the Confederacy: Judah P. Benjamin -- 14. The First Blue Jeans: Levi Strauss's Denim Pants -- 15. Celebration and Conflict: The Trefa Banquet Menu -- Part III. A GREAT MIGRATION, 1880-1924 -- 16. Mother of Exiles: "The New Colossus" -- 17. Cathedrals of Commerce: The Hutzler Palace Cabinet -- 18. A Parliament of Women: The Jewish Women's Congress -- 19. Back to the Land: Jewish Agricultural Colonies -- 20. Education, Entertainment, Art: The Forward Linotype -- 21. Strike of the 20,000: Labor Protest Banners and Signs -- 22. The Edge of a Dream: A Lower East Side Tenement -- 23. A Taste of Home: A Landsmanshaft Banner -- 24. Toy Craze: The Teddy Bear -- 25. American Work: The JWB Siddur -- Part IV. GETTING COMFORTABLE IN AMERICA, 1920-1967 -- 26. The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer -- 27. A Container for Charity: The JNF Blue Box -- 28. The Passion of Ben Shahn: Sacco and Vanzetti -- 29. Leaving Egypt: The Maxwell House Haggadah -- 30. Honoring the Serviceman: The Beth Jacob Banner 31. The First Recognition: Truman's Torah -- 32. Prime-Time Jews: The Goldbergs -- 33. When You Live in Hawaii: Community Cookbooks -- 34. Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom: No. 46 (Black, Ochre, Red over Red) by Mark Rothko -- 35. A Worthy Use of Summer: Camp Ramah -- 36. The American Dream: Goodbye, Columbus -- 37. The Borscht Belt: Catskill Resorts -- 38. Protestant, Catholic, Jew: Three Chapels at Brandeis -- 39. Modeling Torah-True Judaism: Chabad House -- 40. The Shtetl Revisited: Fiddler on the Roof -- Part V. CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND ITS CHALLENGES, 1967-PRESENT -- 41. DIY Judaism: Havurat Shalom -- 42. Jewish Women Call for Change: Ezrat Nashim -- 43. Let Our People Go: The Rally for Soviet Jewry -- 44. Never Again: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum -- 45. The New Jewish Food Movement: Urban Adamah -- 46. First, Earn Their Trust: Campaign Buttons -- 47. Visual Commentary: Lilith by Siona Benjamin -- 48. Acts of Bigotry: The Tree of Life Synagogue Murders -- 49. One in Ten: Pride T-shirt -- 50. The Long Conversation: Judaism on the Internet -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author Jews-Material culture-United States Jews-United States-Social life and customs Jews-United States-History United States-Social life and customs Sachkultur (DE-588)4051157-1 gnd Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd |
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