History of the Jews in America

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 28, 2024

In Category - Early Modern, Modern (19th C), Modern (20th C)

Authors: Peter Wiernik In Year : 1912

Book Language: English

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Preface and Introduction
The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World
Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World.
Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru
Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies
The Short-Lived Dominion of the Dutch over Brazil
Recife: the First Jewish Community in the New World
The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana
The Dutch and English West Indies
New Amsterdam and New York
New England and the Other English Colonies
The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence
The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution
The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews
Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence
The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina
The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland
Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans
The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley
New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast
The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War
The Religious Reform Movement
Conservative Judaism and Its Stand against Reform
Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle against Swiss Discrimination
The Discussion about Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews
Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin
Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle
The Formative Period after the Civil War
New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880
The Influx after the Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia in 1881
Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers
New Communal and Intellectual Activities
The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities
Relations with Russia. The Passport Question
Legislation about Immigration. Sunday Laws and their Enforcement
End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dreyfus Affair. Zionism
Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note
Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of Sympathy
The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Institutions and Federations
The Jews in the Dominion of Canada
Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba
Men of Eminence in the Arts, Sciences and the Professions
Literature: Hebrew and English. Periodicals
Yiddish Literature, Drama and the Press
Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of Jews in America. Conclusion

Peter Wiernik was an influential Yiddish journalist in Chicago after immigrating from Vilna when he was twenty. He also wrote in Hebrew and English. In this great work he traces the history of the Jewish people in the Americas from the earliest days of exploration to the beginning of the twentieth century. This book is divided into seven parts: I. The Spanish and Portuguese Period, II. The Dutch and English Colonial Period, III. The Revolution and the Period of Expansion, IV. The Second or German Period of Immigration, V. The Civil War and the Formative Period, VI. The Third or Russian Period of Immigration, VII. The Twentieth Century - Present Conditions. - Summary by Larry Wilson