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- Type: LibraryThe Jewish Americans (The Peoples of North America)… Jews in the US. It talks about the history of Judaism and the Jews, some of their customs, talks about what the Jews did once they arrived to the US, and the types of businesses they ran. It also talks about where they lived, how their religious customs changed when they came to the United States, and their history of activism, politics, and attempts to unionise. Finally, it talks about the Jewish culture, how it has affected the American culture, and famous Jews. -Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 3 …Tags: Politics, Customs, Culture, Judaism, States, Jews, History, Immigrants, ActivismPeople: Gershwin, Alfred, Bloomingdale, Louis, Brandeis, George
- Type: LibraryThe Landsmen… -brothers in suffering, brothers in faith, brothers in humanity. Each section of the novel is narrated by one of the nine characters: Yeersel, the tailor; Maisha, the religion teacher; Laib, the musician;Shim, his brother; Cochise, the dairyman; Berel, the water-carrier; Laib-Shmul, the butcher; etc... Some migrated to America, some died in Golinsk. It was written to establish a sense of Jewish identity as the background for a large fictional examination of Jewish-American life." …Tags: Lost, Pogroms, Nineteenth, Century, Jewish-American, Roots, Czarist, American, Life, Russia
- Type: LibraryAmerican Jewish Year Book… These four volumes contain information on the Jewish people and how they settled in America as they lived the new American lifestyle. These books are from the years 1951, 1953, 1954, and 1955. Each book contains a Volume starting with Volume 52 to 56. --Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 1. …Tags: Culture, States, History, Jews
- Type: LibraryJewish Books… 1981.032.009 is titled Comfort and Caution by Rabbi A. Bick. It was published in New York. 1981.032.010 is titled The Jewish Story by Mark Mazel. It was published in New York. 1981.032.011 is A Dictionary of the Yiddish Language complied by Alexander Harkavy. It is published in New York by Joseph L. Werbelowsky in 1901. Some of these books are in Yiddish or Hebrew and have not been translated. Only the title, author, and where it was published was translated. -Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 6. …Tags: History, Jews, Language, Judaism, Literature, Jewish
- Type: LibraryFirst Generation… work is the first collection to appear that approaches the topic from a multi-ethnic approach. The author provides the stories of thirty-one immigrants that arrive in the U.S. from 1900 into the 1970s. Namias claims that this "began as a personal quest." The author wrote this book out of a need to understand their own family and first-generation. The first chapter is dedicated to the author's Jewish grandmother, Minnie Kasser Needle. The oral histories tell the stories of immigrants from various countries and backgrounds—Irish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Catholic, Japanese, Filipino, Armenia, Spain, Italy, German Jewish, Hungary, Cuba, Azores, Mexican, Indian, Trinidad, Korea, and Vietnam. …Tags: First Generation, 20th Century, American, American Immigrants, immigrants, Immigration, Jewish, Sephardic, Irish, Greek, Lawrence, Lawrence strike, strike, Vermont, Russian, polish, Catholic, Japanese, Filipino, Armenia, Spain, Fascism, Fascist Italy, German, German Jewish, Displaced Person, Hungary, Cuba, Azores, Portuguese, Mexican, Guatemalan, Indian, Korea, Vietnam, SovietPeople: June Namias, Namias, Robert Coles, Coles
- Type: LibraryThe American Jewish Conference… This book is about the American Jewish Conferences and all the different meetings that were held. There is an invitation to the Pittsburgh meeting by Henry Monsky, there is the discussion on the meeting, the outline of the plenary sessions, the organizations, the election procedures and results, the Symposium on general problems, etc... These books contain sessions and dates. 1979.051.041 is missing. The first book, which is 1979.051.042, is the proceedings of the First Session, and its date is August 29 to September 2, 1943. The second book which is accessioned as 1979.051.043 is the proceeding of the Second Session, which is dated December 3-5, 1944. The third book that is accessioned as 1979.051.044 is the proceedings of the Fourth Session and it is dated November 29 - December 1, 1947. -Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 1. …Tags: Jewish, Conference, American
- Type: LibraryThe Szolds of Lombard Street:… "The Szolds of Lombard Street tells a story of a rabbinic home in Baltimore in the second half of the nineteenth century. In part, it is the story of the growth of the American Jewish community at the time when immigration from eastern Europe presented tremendous problems of adjustment and acculturation. It is also the touching, moving, poignant story of five daughters of the house, with their hopes and dreams realized or disappointed. It is the story of an American Jewish family at t he beginning of an era." -Jewish/Hebrew Books- Box 2 …Tags: Szolds, Lombard, Street, Baltimore, Family
- Type: LibraryJewish Books… 1981.032.045 is titled A Treasury of Jewish Folklore edited by Nathan Ausubel. It was published by Crown Publishers in New York in 1948. This book contains many Folk tale's of the Jews. It contains such folk tales The Rabbi's Nourishment, He Ran for His Health, Shallow Judgment, A Calculation, etc. 1981.032.046 is in Yiddish and it has not been translated. 1981.032.047 is titled A Golden Treasury of Jewish Literature by Leo W. Schwarz. It was published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. in New York on 1937. This book talks about the Jews and their Literature and how they have "enriched" society with their contributions to their religion, social relations, their thoughts and literature. This book also contains many different selections such as A Herring for My Uncle, How Many Angels, Rachel and Her Child, etc. 1981.032.048 is titled Bay Di Toyern Fun Moskve at the Gates of Moscow by Mendel Man. It was published by Cyco-Bicher Farlag in New York in 1956. This book is in Yiddish and it has not been translated. -Jewish/Hebrew Books -Box 5. …Tags: folktales, Literature, Culture, Jewish
- Type: LibraryCooking The Jewish Way… This book is filed with Jewish family recipes and it is an "excellent basic cookery book". It has many traditional recipes, festival meals recipes, there is a section on Passover cookery, different Jewish dishes that are found all over the world, etc. -Jewish/Hebrew Books -Box 6. …Tags: Cooking, Holidays, Recipes, Jews, Jewish
- Type: LibraryThe Story of the Jewish People… The Story of the Jewish People by Jack M. Myers is a post-Biblical Jewish History Reader. This book includes maps and illustrations to complement the reading and illustrate the historical figures and areas being discussed. Book was used at the Jewish Community Center in Lawrence. …Tags: Jewish, history, reader, post-biblical, educationPeople: Jack, Myers