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Pioneer Jewish Texans

Author : Natalie Ornish
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603444238
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Jewish Texans written by Natalie Ornish and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 400 photographs, extensive interviews with the descendants of pioneer Jewish Texan families, and reproductions of rare historical documents, Natalie Ornish’s Pioneer Jewish Texans quickly became a classic following its original release in 1989. This new Texas A&M University Press edition presents Ornish’s meticulous research and her fascinating historical vignettes for a new generation of readers and historians. She chronicles Jewish buccaneers with Jean Lafitte at Galveston; she tells of Jewish patriots who fought at the Alamo and at virtually every major engagement in the war for Texan independence; she traces the careers of immigrants with names like Marcus, Sanger, and Gordon, who arrived on the Texas frontier with little more than the packs on their backs and went on to build great mercantile empires. Cattle barons, wildcatters, diplomats, physicians, financiers, artists, and humanitarians are among the other notable Jewish pioneers and pathfinders described in this carefully researched and exhaustively documented book. Filling a substantial void in Texana and Texas history, the Texas A&M University Press edition of Natalie Ornish’s Pioneer Jewish Texans brings back into circulation this treasure trove of information on a rich and often overlooked vein of the multifaceted story of the Lone Star State.

The Chosen Folks

Author : Bryan Edward Stone
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292792794
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Chosen Folks written by Bryan Edward Stone and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Jewish history in the Lone Star State, from the Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition to contemporary Jewish communities. Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials and synthesizing earlier research, Bryan Edward Stone begins with the crypto-Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition in the late sixteenth century and then discusses the unique Texas-Jewish communities that flourished far from the acknowledged centers of Jewish history and culture. The effects of this peripheral identity are explored in depth, from the days when geographic distance created physical divides to the redefinitions of “frontier” that marked the twentieth century. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement are covered as well, raising provocative questions about the attributes that enabled Texas Jews to forge a distinctive identity on the national and world stage. Brimming with memorable narratives, The Chosen Folks brings to life a cast of vibrant pioneers. “Stone is gifted thinker and storyteller. His book on the history of Texas Jewry integrates the collective scholarship and memoirs of generations of writers into a cohesive account with a strong interpretive message.” —Hollace Ava Weiner, editor of Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas and Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work “A significant addition to the growing canon of Texas Jewish history. . . . What separates [Stone’s] work from other accounts of Texas Jewry, and indeed other regional studies of American Jewish life, is a strong overarching narrative grounded in the power of the frontier.” —Marcie Cohen Ferris, American Jewish History “The Chosen Folks deserves widespread appeal. Those interested in Jewish studies, Texas history, and immigration will certainly find it a useful analysis. What’s more, those concerned with the frontier—where Jewish, Texan, immigrant, and other identities intertwine, influence, and define each other—will especially benefit.” —Scott M. Langston, Great Plains Quarterly

Pioneer Jews

Author : Harriet Rochlin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618001965
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Jews written by Harriet Rochlin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.

The Jewish Texans

Author : University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Texans written by University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Jewish settlement in Texas.

Lone Stars of David

Author : Hollace Ava Weiner
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584656220
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Lone Stars of David written by Hollace Ava Weiner and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews.

The Jewish Texans (The Texians and the Texans).

Author : University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Texans (The Texians and the Texans). written by University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio and published by . This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pamphlet series dealing with many kinds of people who have contributed to the history and heritage of Texas.

Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico

Author : Tomas Jaehn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico written by Tomas Jaehn and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays examine the emergence of Freemasonry, key Masonic figures during New Mexico's territorial period through statehood, and the architectural significance of the iconic pink building and Freemasons' use of it to the present.

Jews on the Frontier

Author : I. Harold Sharfman
Publisher : Rachelle Simon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Jews on the Frontier written by I. Harold Sharfman and published by Rachelle Simon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although most Jews settled in the heavily populated Eastern cities, in forgotten records the author has discovered a colorful, important gallery of frontiersmen, traders, explorers, and military leaders, whose lives encompass the significant events of our history, from the French and Indian Wars to the Alamo"--Book jacket.

Pioneer Jews of the California Mother Lode, 1849-1880

Author : Sara G. Cogan
Publisher : Berkeley, Calif. : Western Jewish History Center
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Jews of the California Mother Lode, 1849-1880 written by Sara G. Cogan and published by Berkeley, Calif. : Western Jewish History Center. This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women Pioneers in Texas Medicine

Author : Elizabeth Silverthorne
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890967898
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Women Pioneers in Texas Medicine written by Elizabeth Silverthorne and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering figures presented here have forged new paths for women in fields ranging from nursing, pharmacy, public health, and dentistry to general and hospital practice, hospice care, virology, surgery, and psychiatry. Their stories reveal the special obstacles they faced and overcame as women practicing in a demanding, traditionally all-male field. They also chronicle the history of medicine in the state generally since, although there was discrimination and resistance to accepting them, their accomplishments paralleled and in some instances led the development of medical practice and specialization. Using vignettes and biographical details garnered from sparse available literature, newspaper archives, typescripts found in various libraries around the state, and interviews, Elizabeth Silverthorne and Geneva Fulgham have created profiles of women ranging from traditional roles such as native herbalists and midwives through contemporary pioneers in fields like genetics and nuclear medicine. Drawing on subjects across the centuries throughout Texas' geographical regions and from diverse ethnic groups, they have painted rounded portraits of the women, showing their educational achievements, personalities, commitments, family lives, and hobbies. The stories of these pioneering women, told in clear and compelling prose, are fascinating and even inspiring. The accomplishments of the women heighten our understanding of the ways in which women have defied stereotype. Through personal persistence and dedication to their chosen fields, often against great odds, the women profiled here contributed to an elevated status for all women in the state.

A History of Pioneer Jews in California, 1849-1870

Author : Jack Benjamin Goldmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Pioneer Jews in California, 1849-1870 written by Jack Benjamin Goldmann and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pioneer Jewish Families in New Mexico

Author : Noel H. Pugach
Publisher : Gaon Web
ISBN 13 : 9781935604365
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Jewish Families in New Mexico written by Noel H. Pugach and published by Gaon Web. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Publication. The New Mexico Jewish Historical Society is a secular organization that promotes greater knowledge and understanding of the New Mexico's diverse Jewish experiences within a broad cultural context."

Guts and Ruts

Author : Floyd S. Fierman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guts and Ruts written by Floyd S. Fierman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains stories about "selected Jewish pioneers in the American Southwest and the historical conditions under which they lived after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.".

The Jews’ Indian

Author : David S. Koffman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978800886
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Jews’ Indian written by David S. Koffman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore Honorable Mention, 2021 Saul Viener Book Prize 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. These two groups’ exchanges were numerous and diverse, proving at times harmonious when Jews’ and Natives people’s economic and social interests aligned, but discordant and fraught at other times. American Jews could be as exploitative of Native cultural, social, and political issues as other American settlers, and historian David Koffman argues that these interactions both unsettle and historicize the often triumphant consensus history of American Jewish life. Focusing on the ways Jewish class mobility and civic belonging were wrapped up in the dynamics of power and myth making that so severely impacted Native Americans, this books is provocative and timely, the first history to critically analyze Jewish participation in, and Jews’ grappling with the legacies of Native American history and the colonial project upon which America rests.

The Jews of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta

Author : Emily Ford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237344
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Jews of New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta written by Emily Ford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the unique and wonderful melding of Jewish and Bayou cultures. The early days of Louisiana settlement brought with them a clandestine group of Jewish pioneers. Isaac Monsanto and other traders spited the rarely enforced Code Noir banning their occupancy, but it wasn’t until the Louisiana Purchase that larger numbers colonized the area. Immigrants like the Sartorius brothers and Samuel Zemurray made their way from Central and Eastern Europe to settle the bayou country along the Mississippi. They made their homes in and around New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, establishing congregations like that of Tememe Derech and B’Nai Israel, with the mighty river serving as a mode of transportation and communication, connecting the communities on both sides of the riverbank.

A New Vision of Southern Jewish History

Author : Mark K. Bauman
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817320180
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book A New Vision of Southern Jewish History written by Mark K. Bauman and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays from a prolific career that challenge and overturn traditional narratives of southern Jewish history Mark K. Bauman, one of the foremost scholars of southern Jewish history working today, has spent much of his career, as he puts it, “rewriting southern Jewish history” in ways that its earliest historians could not have envisioned or anticipated, and doing so by specifically targeting themes and trends that might not have been readily apparent to those scholars. A New Vision of Southern Jewish History: Studies in Institution Building, Leadership, Interaction, and Mobility features essays collected from over a thirty-year career, including a never-before-published article. The prevailing narrative in southern Jewish history tends to emphasize the role of immigrant Jews as merchants in small southern towns and their subsequent struggles and successes in making a place for themselves in the fabric of those communities. Bauman offers assessments that go far beyond these simplified frameworks and draws upon varieties of subject matter, time periods, locations, tools, and perspectives over three decades of writing and scholarship. A New Vision of Southern Jewish History contains Bauman’s studies of Jewish urbanization, acculturation and migration, intra- and inter-group relations, economics and business, government, civic affairs, transnational diplomacy, social services, and gender—all complicating traditional notions of southern Jewish identity. Drawing on role theory as informed by sociology, psychology, demographics, and the nature and dynamics of leadership, Bauman traverses a broad swath—often urban—of the southern landscape, from Savannah, Charleston, and Baltimore through Atlanta, New Orleans, Galveston, and beyond the country to Europe and Israel. Bauman’s retrospective volume gives readers the opportunity to review a lifetime of work in a single publication as well as peruse newly penned introductions to his essays. The book also features an “Additional Readings” section designed to update the historiography in the essays.

Memories of Two Generations

Author : Alexander Z. Gurwitz
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817319034
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Memories of Two Generations written by Alexander Z. Gurwitz and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1935 autobiography of Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz, an Orthodox Jew whose lively recounting of his life in Tsarist Russia and his immigration to San Antonio, Texas, in 1910 captures turbulent changes in early twentieth-century Jewish history In 1910, at the age of fifty-one, Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz made the bold decision to emigrate with his wife and four children from southeastern Ukraine in Tsarist Russia to begin a new life in Texas. In 1935, in his seventies, Gurwitz composed a retrospective autobiography, Memories of Two Generations, that recounts his personal story both of the rich history of the lost Jewish world of Eastern Europe and of the rambunctious development of frontier Jewish communities in the United States. In both Europe and America, Gurwitz inhabited an almost exclusively Jewish world. As a boy, he studied in traditional yeshivas and earned a living as a Hebrew language teacher and kosher butcher. Widely travelled, Gurwitz recalls with wit and insight daily life in European shtetls, providing perceptive and informative comments about Jewish religion, history, politics, and social customs. Among the book’s most notable features is his first-hand, insider’s account of the yearly Jewish holiday cycle as it was observed in the nineteenth century, described as he experienced it as a child. Gurwitz’s account of his arrival in Texas forms a cornerstone record of the Galveston Immigration Movement; this memoir represents the only complete narrative of that migration from an immigrant’s point of view. Gurwitz’s descriptions about the development of a thriving Orthodox community in San Antonio provide an important and unique primary source about a facet of American Jewish life that is not widely known. Gurwitz wrote his memoir in his preferred Yiddish, and this translation into English by Rabbi Amram Prero captures the lyrical style of the original. Scholar and author Bryan Edward Stone’s special introduction and illuminating footnotes round out a superb edition that offers much to experts and general readers alike.