The Early Jews of New Orleans
by Korn, Bertram Wallace
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Waltham, MA: American Jewish Historical Society, 1969. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.. xxi, 382 p. illus., facsims., maps (on lining papers) ports. 24 cm. Notes. Index. Abbrevations of Sources in the Notes. This is American Jewish Communal Histories No. 5. The culmination of many years of painstaking research by an outstanding historian of ante-bellum Jewish life in America, this book covers Jewish settlement in New Orleans under French, Spanish and American rule from 1757 to 1850 with detailed attention to the establishment of the first synagogue in the Gulf coast area, the lives of every Jew who came to New Orleans before 1815, Judah Touro's life, work and philanthropies, Benjamin Levy's print works, the rise of Judah P. Benjamin, the rapid assimilation of Jews into the Catholic creole community, the high incidence of inter-marriage, the absence of intolerance, the mood of luxury and easy living in the city and other aspects of Jewish community involvement.
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- Title
- The Early Jews of New Orleans
- Author
- Korn, Bertram Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing
- Publisher
- American Jewish Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Waltham, MA
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Hebrew, Ashkenazim, Maurice Barnett, Judah Congregation, Fastio, George Harby, Jacob Hart, Max Heller, Samuel Hermann, Manis Jacobs, Judah Benjamin, Judaism, Samuel Kohn, Shanarai-Chasset
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