A History of the Jews in the United States

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Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1944 - Jews - 585 pages

Contents

THE JEWS WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED
3
JEWS WHO HELPED COLUMBUS
23
The Inquisition
24
JEWISH SETTLERS IN SPANISH AMERICA
39
Savannah of the JewsSurinam
51
HOW THE FIRST JEWS CAME TO NORTH
59
Commemoration Medal of the 250th Anniversary of
60
New York City in 1695
66
THE UNITED STATES AS A CHAMPION
322
THE AMERICAN JEW IN THE WORLD WAR
341
PART III
355
ANTISEMITISM AND ITS ANSWER IN AMERICA i AntiSemitism in Europe
357
AntiSemitism in America
361
The American Background
365
The American Answer to AntiSemitism
367
AntiSemitism on the Decline V 357 357 361 365 367
369

A THRIVING JEWISH COMMUNITY BEFORE
72
Judah Touro 17751854
74
Title Page of Judah Monis Grammar
81
HOW THE JEWS SCATTERED THROUGH
85
PART II
96
60
97
Patriots in Peaceful Ways
119
THE LAND OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
128
Their General Characteristics
178
What They Accomplished
185
JEWS IN THE NORTH
192
THE GROWTH OF REFORM JUDAISM
225
Other Religious Developments
235
HOW JEWISH LODGES AND CHARITIES
244
Heroes of Religious Liberty
247
The Jewish Press
252
Adolf Kraus
260
THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OF
283
OUTSTANDING JEWS OF THE SECOND HALF
299
David Einhorn
301
A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF AMERICAN JEWRY
374
Numbers
375
The Social Classes of the Jews
380
How THE JEW KEEPS HIS JUDAISM IN AMERICA i The Synagogue in America ii The Reform Institutions
388
CHAPTER 25 HOW A CHILD Receives a JEWISH EDU CATION IN AMERICA
410
Extension Education
415
Schools for Special Purposes
417
Jewish University Students
419
Jewish Books
421
The Jewish Press
424
HOW THE JEW CARES FOR HIS OWN IN AMERICA
428
An Estimate of Jewish Charity
429
Types of Philanthropies
431
HOW THE AMERICAN JEWS ARE
451
JEWS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED ΤΟ
476
JEWS WHO ARE PROMINENT IN AMERICAN
505
Philanthropists
511
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE
525
Jewish Unity
532
Index
573

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