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Blessings of freedom : chapters in American Jewish history /
Contains 120 brief biographies from the weekly series published in the English-language "Forward" since 1997. The biographies begin with Jews in the early Americas, including those who fought for their rights in the British colonies and then in the USA. Other entries deal with New York...
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Blessings of freedom : |b chapters in American Jewish history / |c edited by Michael Feldberg. |
| 260 | |a Hoboken, NJ : |b KTAV Publishing House in association with the American Jewish Historical Society, |c ©2002. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 243 pages : |b portraits ; |c 29 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Since January 1997, the American Jewish Historical Society has published a weekly column entitled "Chapters in American Jewish history" in the English-language edition of the Forward ... Blessings of freedom ... contains 120 of the best"--Introduction. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index. | ||
| 505 | 2 | |a Jewish rights in early America. -Varieties of American Jewish identity. -Jews as patriots. -Presidents and political leaders. "To bigotry no sanction:" George Washington's letter to the Newport congregation. Jefferson and the Jews. Teddy Roosevelt, Jewish avenger. "Red Emma" Goldman's Jewish anarchism. Justice Cardozo, Sephardic Jew. Stephen S. Wise and the anti-nazi boycott of 1933. -Judaism in America. -The fight against Ant-Semitism. General Grant's infamy. Mark Twain and the Jews. Henry Ford invents a Jewish conspiracy. The myth of Benjamin Franklin's Antisemitism. -Sports.Marty Glickman's stolen medal. Sid Luckman, legendary quarterback. Moe Berg's multifaceted life. Hank Greenberg: baseball's first Jewish superstar. -Builders. Levi Strauss: a durable legacy. -American Zionism, the Holocaust, and the founding of Israel. John Adams embraces a Jewish homeland. Louis D. Brandeis and American Zionism. The extraordinary life of Henrietta Szold. Golda Meir's American roots. But they were good to their people: Jewish gangsters and American nazism. Mickey Marcus: Israel's American general. | |
| 520 | |a Contains 120 brief biographies from the weekly series published in the English-language "Forward" since 1997. The biographies begin with Jews in the early Americas, including those who fought for their rights in the British colonies and then in the USA. Other entries deal with New York's Mayor La Guardia, Stephen S. Wise, and the rabbis' march on Washington to call attention to the fate of Jews in Europe. Pt. 6 (pp. 109-137) is devoted to "The Fight against Anti-Semitism, " starting in 1776. It recounts discrimination against Jews, and American Jewish protests against blood libels in other countries. Pt. 7 (pp. 139-163), "Sports, " includes items about athletes who boycotted the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and those whom America did not allow to participate. Other Jewish sports figures challenged stereotypes and broke barriers. Pt. 9 (pp. 201-241), "American Zionism, the Holocaust, and the Founding of Israel, " includes items on the tragedy of the ship "St. Louis, " the role of Jewish gangsters in opposing American Nazis, Ruth Gruber's aid for refugees and her coverage of the story of the "Exodus, " as well as biographies of Ben Hecht and Arthur Szyk. |c (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). | ||
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