A New Promised Land: A History of Jews in AmericaOxford University Press, 6. nov. 2003 - 184 sider "An excellent Afikoman gift for the teen or young adult at the seder... Diner...writes in a clear style that pulls together that diverse entity known as the American Jewish community."--The Chicago Jewish Star An engaging chronicle of Jewish life in the United States, A New Promised Land reconstructs the multifaceted background and very American adaptations of this religious group, from the arrival of twenty-three Jews in the New World in 1654, through the development of the Orthodox, conservative, and Reform movements, to the ordination of Sally Priesand as the first woman rabbi in the United States. Hasia Diner supplies fascinating details about Jewish religious traditions, holidays, and sacred texts. In addition, she relates the history of the Jewish religious, political, and intellectual institutions in the United States, and addresses some of the biggest issues facing Jewish Americans today, including their increasingly complex relationship with Israel. |
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... German and Polish Jews, known as Ashkenazim, also settled in the American colonies. By the 1720s Ashkenazim outnumbered Sephardim in New York City (New Amsterdam had become New York in 1664 when the British captured the colony from the ...
... German and Polish Jews, known as Ashkenazim, also settled in the American colonies. By the 1720s Ashkenazim outnumbered Sephardim in New York City (New Amsterdam had become New York in 1664 when the British captured the colony from the ...
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... German and written in Hebrew characters, while the Sephardim spoke Spanish or Portuguese. When speaking Hebrew, the ancient language of the Jews, the two groups pronounced some words differently. Some other differences in the rituals ...
... German and written in Hebrew characters, while the Sephardim spoke Spanish or Portuguese. When speaking Hebrew, the ancient language of the Jews, the two groups pronounced some words differently. Some other differences in the rituals ...
Side 8
... German Jews had been forced to leave their homes after the Thirty Years' War (1618–48). The Jews of Poland had also suffered tremendously during that war, one of the most murderous periods in all of Jewish history. Many of the ...
... German Jews had been forced to leave their homes after the Thirty Years' War (1618–48). The Jews of Poland had also suffered tremendously during that war, one of the most murderous periods in all of Jewish history. Many of the ...
Side 9
... German Jewish group bought land for its own cemetery apart from the existing Jewish cemetery. No longer did the local Sephardic congregation represent all the Jews of Philadelphia. The Jewish population in North America grew very slowly ...
... German Jewish group bought land for its own cemetery apart from the existing Jewish cemetery. No longer did the local Sephardic congregation represent all the Jews of Philadelphia. The Jewish population in North America grew very slowly ...
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Across America 18201880 | 22 |
Transplanted People 18801924 | 41 |
Becoming Americans 19241945 | 69 |
On the Move 19451967 | 93 |
At the Crossroads Since 1967 | 117 |
GLOSSARY | 141 |
CHRONOLOGY | 146 |
FURTHER READING | 152 |
INDEX | 157 |
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