Jewish communities on the Ohio River : a history / Amy Hill Shevitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shevitz, Amy Hill, 1953-

Series:

Ohio River Valley series.

Ohio River Valley series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Ohio River Region--History.

Jews.

Jews--Ohio River Region--Politics and government.

Jews--Ohio River Region--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and development of small Jewish communities in towns along the river. In these small towns, Jewish citizens created networks of businesses and families that developed into a distinctive, nineteenth-century middle-class culture. As a minority group with a vital role in each community, Ohio Valley Jews fostered American religious pluralism as they constructed a regional identity. Their contributions to the culture and economy of the region countered the anti-Semitic sentiments of the period. Shevitz discusses

Contents:

On the Frontier

From Europe to the Ohio River Valley

Finding and founding communities

Religious conflicts and congruity

A Judaism for the middle class

The community within a community

Maintaining community

The East European immigration and the reconfiguration of community

Communities at maturity

The demise of community.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613233073

9780813134932

0813134935

9781283233071

128323307X

9780813172163

0813172160

OCLC:

173765876