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Autore |
Malone Barbara S |
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Titolo |
Rabbi Max Heller [[electronic resource] ] : Reformer, Zionist, Southerner, 1860-1929 |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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296.8/341/092 |
296.8341092 |
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Soggetti |
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Heller, Max, 1860-1929 |
Jews -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History |
New Orleans (La.) -- Ethnic relations |
Rabbis -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography |
Reform Judaism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History |
Temple Sinai (New Orleans, La.) |
Rabbis - Biography - New Orleans - Louisiana |
Jews - History - New Orleans - Louisiana |
Reform Judaism - History - New Orleans - Louisiana |
Judaism |
Religion |
Philosophy & Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. From Jewish Prague to Chicago, 1860-1879; 2. Acquiring the Tools of Americanization, 1879-1884; 3. Initiating a Rabbinical Career: From Cincinnati to New Orleans, 1884-1887; 4. Southernization, Self-Righteousness, Nativism, and Social Reform: New Orleans, 1887-1891; 5. Dimensions of Leadership: Reformer, Traditionalist, Activist, and Dissenter, 1891-1897; 6. ""How Shall We Stand Unswayed in the Storm?"" Confronting the Rising Currents of Racialism; 7. Zionism as ""Our Salvation""; 8. Mandate for ""Moral Courage: American Ideals in the Light of Judaism"" |
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9. ""The Zenith of My Career""10. The Legacy of a Righteous Life; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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This biography of a pioneering Zionist and leader of American Reform Judaism adds significantly to our understanding of American and southern Jewish history. Max Heller was a man of both passionate conviction and inner contradiction. He sought to be at the center of current affairs, not as a spokesperson of centrist opinion, but as an agitator or mediator, constantly struggling to find an acceptable path as he confronted the major issues of the day--racism and Jewish emancipation in eastern Europe, nationalism and nativism, immigration and assimilation. Heller's life experien |
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