03081nam 2200697Ia 450 991045472080332120200520144314.00-8173-8271-2(CKB)1000000000774927(EBL)454531(OCoLC)425968187(SSID)ssj0000357220(PQKBManifestationID)12143968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357220(PQKBWorkID)10351245(PQKB)10241731(SSID)ssj0000112589(PQKBManifestationID)11134297(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112589(PQKBWorkID)10087768(PQKB)10513226(MiAaPQ)EBC454531(MdBmJHUP)muse9235(Au-PeEL)EBL454531(CaPaEBR)ebr10309824(EXLCZ)99100000000077492719850906d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBirmingham's rabbi[electronic resource] Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 /Mark CowettUniversity, AL University of Alabama Pressc19861 online resource (240 p.)Judaic studies seriesIncludes index.0-8173-5003-9 0-8173-0284-0 Includes bibliography and index.CONTENTS; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; ONE The Early Years: From Hungary through Hebrew Union College; TWO A Leader of Birmingham Jews, 1895-1914; THREE Newfield the Man; FOUR A Leader in Birmingham, 1895-1920; FIVE A Leading Social Worker in Alabama, 1909-1940; SIX A Moderate in Times of Reactive and Radical Change, 1920-1940; SEVEN Altered Attitudes toward Zionism, 1895-1938; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAmerican Jewish history has been criticized for its parochial nature because it has consisted largely of chronicles of American Jewish life and has often failed to explore the relationship between Jews and other ethnic groups in America. Rabbi Morris Newfield led Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham from 1895-1940 and was counted among the most influential religious and social leaders of that city. Cowett chronicles Newfield's career and uses it as a vehicle to explore the nature of ethnic leadership in America. In doing so he explores the conflicts with which Newfield struJudaic studies series (Unnumbered)RabbisAlabamaBirminghamBiographyJewsAlabamaBirminghamPolitics and governmentBirmingham (Ala.)BiographyBirmingham (Ala.)Ethnic relationsElectronic books.RabbisJewsPolitics and government.296.61296.8/32/0924296.8320924Cowett Mark1951-1031329MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454720803321Birmingham's rabbi2448653UNINA