03360nam 2200601Ia 450 991082711120332120230725041536.00-292-79279-410.7560/721777(CKB)2520000000006548(OCoLC)608691559(CaPaEBR)ebrary10372222(SSID)ssj0000414025(PQKBManifestationID)11313100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414025(PQKBWorkID)10393655(PQKB)10099367(MiAaPQ)EBC3443467(MdBmJHUP)muse2263(Au-PeEL)EBL3443467(CaPaEBR)ebr10372222(DE-B1597)587866(DE-B1597)9780292792791(EXLCZ)99252000000000654820090831d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe chosen folks[electronic resource] Jews on the frontiers of Texas /Bryan Edward Stone1st ed.Austin University of Texas Pressc20101 online resource (313 p.)Jewish history, life, and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-72177-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Los judíos en la frontera -- A wild Indian region: at home on the frontier -- The possum and the Zionist -- Texas news for Texas Jews -- Texas Jews and the Ku Klux Klan -- Traditional Judaism and the Beth Israel revolt -- Texas Jews respond to the world crises of the 1940's -- Are you going to serve us?: Texas Jews and the Black civil rights movement -- Interior frontiers.Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials and synthesizing earlier research, Bryan Edward Stone begins with the crypto-Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition in the late sixteenth century and then discusses the unique Texas-Jewish communities that flourished far from the acknowledged centers of Jewish history and culture. The effects of this peripheral identity are explored in depth, from the days when geographic distance created physical divides to the redefinitions of "frontier" that marked the twentieth century. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement are covered as well, raising provocative questions about the attributes that enabled Texas Jews to forge a distinctive identity on the national and world stage. Brimming with memorable narratives, The Chosen Folks brings to life a cast of vibrant pioneers.Jewish history, life, and culture.JewsTexasHistoryTexasEthnic relationsJewsHistory.976.4/004924Stone Bryan Edward1967-1597014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827111203321The chosen folks3918615UNINA