Jews in Michigan Judith Levin Cantor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cantor, Judith Levin, 1928-

Series:

Discovering the Peoples of Michigan

Discovering the peoples of Michigan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Michigan--History.

Jews.

Michigan--Ethnic relations.

Michigan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the earliest days of the British fur trade, Jewish pioneers have made Michigan their home. Judith Levin Cantor''s Jews in Michigan captures the struggles and triumphs of Michigan''s Jews as they worked to establish farms, businesses and synagogues, sparking commercial and residential development throughout the state, and even into the far reaches of the Upper Peninsula. Cantor celebrates both urban and rural immigrants, who supplied essential goods and services to those in lumbering, mining, and automobile manufacturing. She also deals honestly with questions of anti-Semitism and prejud

Contents:

Contents; Introduction ; I. Opportunities and Challenges ; II. A Statewide Presence ; Sidebars; ""The Bridge at Mackinac""; III. The New Era of Industry ; Myra Wolfgang; IV. World War I and Its Aftermath ; A Tribute to Hank Greenberg; V. The Second World War and Its Legacy ; Medal of Honor; Notes; For Further Reference; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60917-429-1

OCLC:

1162001513