Lone stars of David : the Jews of Texas / compiled and edited by Hollace Ava Weiner and Kenneth D. Roseman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiner, Hollace Ava, 1946-

Roseman, Kenneth.

Texas Jewish Historical Society.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Texas--History.

Jews.

History.

Texas.

Physical Description:

xvii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color), maps (partly color), portraits ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : In association with the Texas Jewish Historical Society published by University Press of New England, [2007]

Summary:

An essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews.

Contents:

The formative years: forging a dual identity

"I Caught the Contagion of Bragging . . ." / Hollace Ava Weiner Weiner, Hollace Ava

On the Frontier: Jews without Judaism / Bryan Edward Stone Stone, Bryan Edward

Confederate Stories: The Sanger Brothers of Weatherford, Dallas, and Waco / Gary P. Whitfield Whitfield, Gary P.

Home on the Range: Mayer Halff's Cattle Empire / Patrick Dearen Dearen, Patrick

"These One-Sex Organizations": Clubwomen Create Communal Institutions / Hollace Ava Weiner Weiner, Hollace Ava

"The Man Who Stayed in Texas": Galveston's Rabbi Henry Cohen, a Memoir / Henry Cohen II Cohen, Henry II

Deep in the Heart of Palestine: Zionism in Early Texas / Stuart Rockoff Rockoff, Stuart

The entrepreneurial era: leaving their mark

West Texas Wildcatters: From Immigrant to Patron Saint Rita / Barry Shlachter Shlachter, Barry

East Texas Oil Boom: From New Jersey Farm Boy to Scrap Metal King / Jan Statman Statman, Jan

On the Border: A Deck of Cards Led to Del Rio / Doug Braudaway Braudaway, Doug

The Zale Story: Diamonds for the Rough / Lauraine Miller Miller, Lauraine

Neiman-Marcus: Al Neiman, a Princely Pauper / Hollace Ava Weiner Weiner, Hollace Ava

West of Neiman's: Best Little Department Store in Sweetwater / Jane Bock Guzman Guzman, Jane Bock

Current events: changing the texas landscape

Little Synagogues across Texas: Baytown, Breckenridge, Brenham, Bryan, Brownsville, Corsicana, Jefferson, Odessa, San Angelo, Schulenburg, Victoria, Wharton / Hollace Ava Weiner Weiner, Hollace Ava, Lauraine Miller Miller, Lauraine

Six-Tenths of a Percent of Texas / Kenneth D. Roseman Roseman, Kenneth D.

Most Politics is Local / Steve Gutow Gutow, Steve, Laurie Barker James James, Laurie Barker

Minority Report: Dr. Ray K. Daily Battles the Houston School Board / Lynwood Abram Abram, Lynwood

Opening Legal Doors for Women: Hermine Tobolowsky / Gladys R. Leff Leff, Gladys R.

El Paso: The Wild West Welcomes Holocaust Survivors / Mimi Reisel Gladstein Gladstein, Mimi Reisel, Sylvia Deener Cohen Cohen, Sylvia Deener

Forty Acres and a Shul: "It's Easy as Dell" / Cathy Schechter Schechter, Cathy

Comfort and Discomfort: Being Jewish in Fort Worth / Ralph D. Mecklenburger Mecklenburger, Ralph D..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1584656220

9781584656227

OCLC:

70839726