The Jews in Colonial America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Jews in Colonial America write by Oscar Reiss. This book was released on 2015-01-24. The Jews in Colonial America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first synagogue in colonial America was built in New York City in 1730 on land that was purchased for £100 plus a loaf of sugar and one pound of Bohea tea. The purchase of this land was especially noteworthy because until this time, the Jews had only been permitted to buy land for use as a cemetery. However, by the time the Revolutionary War began, the Jewish religious center had become fairly large. Early in their stay in New Amsterdam and New York, many Jews considered themselves to be transients. Therefore, they were not interested in voting, holding office or equal rights. However, as the 18th century came to a close, Jews were able to accumulate large estates, and they recognized that they needed citizenship. After a brief overview of the Jews' migrations around Europe, the West Indies and the North and South American continents, this book describes the hardships faced by the Jewish people, beginning with New Amsterdam and New York and continuing with discussions of their experiences in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New England, and in the South. Subsequent chapters discuss anti-Semitism, slavery and the Jews' transformation from immigrant status to American citizen.
Jews & Gentiles in Early America
Jews & Gentiles in Early America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jews & Gentiles in Early America write by William Pencak. This book was released on 2005. Jews & Gentiles in Early America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Jews and Gentiles in Early America offers a uniquely detailed picture of Jewish life from the mid-seventeenth century through the opening decades of the new republic." "Pencak approaches his topic from the perspective of early American, rather than strictly Jewish, history. Rich in colorful narrative and animated with scenes of early American life, Jews and Gentiles in Early America tells the story of the five communities - New York, Newport, Charleston, Savannah, and Philadelphia - where most of colonial America's small Jewish population lived."--BOOK JACKET.
The Jews’ Indian
The Jews’ Indian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Jews’ Indian write by David S. Koffman. This book was released on 2019-02-08. The Jews’ Indian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Jews' Indian investigates the history of American Jewish relationships with Native Americans, both in the realm of cultural imagination and in face-to-face encounters. This book is the first history to analyze Jewish participation in, and Jews' grappling with the legacies of Native American history and the colonial project upon which America rests.
America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today write by Pamela Nadell. This book was released on 2019-03-05. America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary people—from the colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and the great justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, wives, and mothers who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. The twin threads binding these women together, she argues, are a strong sense of self and a resolute commitment to making the world a better place. Nadell recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. Informed by shared values of America’s founding and Jewish identity, these women’s lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home.
Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America
Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America write by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman. This book was released on 2012-03-05. Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry. Supporting references include historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA test results, genealogies, and settler lists that provide for the first time the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Jewish origins of more than 5,000 surnames, the majority widely assumed to be British. By documenting the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent economic, political, financial and social positions in all of the original colonies, this innovative work offers a fresh perspective on the early American experience.
