LEADER 03078nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910813829803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8271-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774927 035 $a(EBL)454531 035 $a(OCoLC)425968187 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357220 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12143968 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357220 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351245 035 $a(PQKB)10241731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112589 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134297 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112589 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10087768 035 $a(PQKB)10513226 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454531 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309824 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774927 100 $a19850906d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBirmingham's rabbi $eMorris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 /$fMark Cowett 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUniversity, AL $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1986 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) $cillustrations, portraits 225 1 $aJudaic studies series 311 0 $a0-8173-5003-9 311 0 $a0-8173-0284-0 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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; Index 330 $aAmerican Jewish history has been criticized for its parochial nature because it has consisted largely of chronicles of American Jewish life and has often failed to explore the relationship between Jews and other ethnic groups in America. Rabbi Morris Newfield led Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham from 1895-1940 and was counted among the most influential religious and social leaders of that city. Cowett chronicles Newfield's career and uses it as a vehicle to explore the nature of ethnic leadership in America. In doing so he explores the conflicts with which Newfield stru 410 0$aJudaic studies series (Unnumbered) 606 $aRabbis$zAlabama$zBirmingham$vBiography 606 $aJews$zAlabama$zBirmingham$xPolitics and government 607 $aBirmingham (Ala.)$vBiography 607 $aBirmingham (Ala.)$xEthnic relations 615 0$aRabbis 615 0$aJews$xPolitics and government. 676 $a296.61 676 $a296.8/32/0924 676 $a296.8320924 700 $aCowett$b Mark$f1951-$01688537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813829803321 996 $aBirmingham's rabbi$94062855 997 $aUNINA