Birmingham's rabbi : Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 / / Mark Cowett

• Autore: Cowett Mark <1951->
• Pubblicazione: University, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations, portraits
• Disciplina: 296.61; 296.8/32/0924; 296.8320924
• Soggetto topico: Rabbis - Alabama - Birmingham; Jews - Alabama - Birmingham - Politics and government
• Soggetto geografico: Birmingham (Ala.) Biography; Birmingham (Ala.) Ethnic relations
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: American 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Birmingham's rabbi
• ISBN: 0-8173-8271-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813829803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Judaic studies series (Unnumbered)