Bnai Brith and the challenge of ethnic leadership / Deborah Dash Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Deborah Dash, 1946-

Series:

SUNY series in modern Jewish history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Politics and government.

Jews.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

B'nai B'rith.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

B'nai B'rith has a history almost as diverse as the story of American Jewry itself. The oldest secular Jewish organization in the United States, it was founded in 1843. Thereafter, it followed in the footsteps of its immigrant founders, spreading into the cities, towns, and villages of America, eventually becoming the worldwide order it is today.What is more, B'nai B'rith's physical expansion was paralleled by the scope of its activities. It supports one of the most prominent American Jewish defense organizations, the Anti-Defamation League. Its Hillel Foundations constitute an international network of student activities on college campuses. It sponsors a broad array of learning programs through its Adult Jewish Education Commission. The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization serves the entire Jewish community. It conducts projects and programs in Israel of philanthropic and educational nature, helps finance several national Jewish hospitals and homes for the aged, and supervises an International Council to coordinate its overseas units and to take responsible action on issues relating to world Jewish affairs. And it is partnered in all these activities by B'nai B'rith Women, an independent organization.This is the saga of B'nai B'rith, recounted by Professor Deborah Dash Moore. To elucidate the diverse facets of this venerable, yet youthful, organization and to reveal their integral relationship to the history of the Jews in America, Professor Moore focuses on the moments of innovation that have influenced its development and direction, and on the outstanding individuals who have guided the Order's destiny.

Contents:

Front Matter

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Content

A Secular Synagogue

The Order at Home and Abroad

Adjusting the Immigrants

Ideological and Institutional Challenges

Defending the Jews

Serving Jewish Youth

Witnessing the Holocaust

Searching for Unity

The American Era

Back Matter

Conclusion

Notes

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chaipter Six

Chapber Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Suggested Reading

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Nine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.

ISBN:

9781438413501

1438413505

9780585068138

0585068135

OCLC:

44956540