United States Jewry, 1776-1985
United States Jewry, 1776-1985

Author: Jacob Rader Marcus

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 1019

ISBN-13: 0814345050

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In the final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920. In United States Jewry, 1776–1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus’s impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew, 1492–1776. In the fourth and final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920. He explores settlement and colonization, dispersal to rural areas, life in large cities, the proletarians, the garment industry, the unions, and socialism. He also describes the life of the middle and upper class East European Jew. Special attention is paid to the growth of Zionism. In the epilogue, Marcus writes about the evolution of the "American Jew."

Jews and American Public Life
Jews and American Public Life

Author: David G. Dalin

Publisher: Academic Studies PRess

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1644698838

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Over a career spanning forty years, David G. Dalin has written extensively about the role of American Jews in public life, from the nation’s founding, to presidential appointments of Jews, to lobbying for the welfare of Jews abroad, to Jewish prominence in government, philanthropy, intellectual life, and sports, and their one-time prominence in the Republican Party. His work on the separation of Church and State and a prescient 1980 essay about the limits of free speech and the goal of Neo-Nazis to stage a march in Skokie, Illinois, are especially noteworthy. Here for the first time are a collection of sixteen of his essays which portray American Jews who have left their mark on American public life and politics.

First Facts in American Jewish History
First Facts in American Jewish History

Author: Tina Levitan

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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This remarkable book lists the "firsts" in American Jewish history--from the first Jewish settlers, who arrived with Columbus to the first Jewish astronaut, Judith Resnick. By focusing on vignettes about significant people and events, Levitan presents this fascinating history of American Jews in an interesting way.

Jews and the American Revolution
Jews and the American Revolution

Author: Laurens R. Schwartz

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Haym Salomon was born possibly in Lissa, Poland. He married Rachel Franks in 1777 and lived in New York City and Philadelphia.

Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court

Author: David G. Dalin

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1512600148

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Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan. David Dalin discusses the relationship that these Jewish justices have had with the presidents who appointed them, and given the judges' Jewish background, investigates the antisemitism some of the justices encountered in their ascent within the legal profession before their appointment, as well as the role that antisemitism played in the attendant political debates and Senate confirmation battles. Other topics and themes include the changing role of Jews within the American legal profession and the views and judicial opinions of each of the justices on freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the death penalty, the right to privacy, gender equality, and the rights of criminal defendants, among other issues.

Making It in America
Making It in America

Author: Elliott Robert Barkan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 157607529X

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This collection of over 400 biographies of eminent ethnic Americans celebrates a wide array of inspiring individuals and their contributions to U.S. history. The stories of these 400 eminent ethnic Americans are a testimony to the enduring power of the American dream. These men and women, from 90 different ethnic groups, certainly faced unequal access to opportunities. Yet they all became renowned artists, writers, political and religious leaders, scientists, and athletes. Kahlil Gibran, Daniel Inouye, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Thurgood Marshall, Madeleine Albright, and many others are living proof that the land of opportunity sometimes lives up to its name. Alongside these success stories, as historian Elliot R. Barkan notes in his introduction to this volume, there have been many failures and many immigrants who did not stay in the United States. Nevertheless, the stories of these trailblazers, visionaries, and champions portray the breadth of possibilities, from organizing a nascent community to winning the Nobel prize. They also provide irrefutable evidence that no single generation and no single cultural heritage can claim credit for what America is.