History of the Jews in America (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the 20th CenturyBy Peter Wiernik
Length14h 36m
About this audiobook
Peter Wiernik's History of the Jews in America offers a sweeping account of Jewish life from the colonial period to the great immigration era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written in a lucid, documentary style, the book combines narrative history with communal record, tracing Sephardic beginnings, German-Jewish institution building, and the transformative arrival of Eastern European Jews. Its literary context is that of early American ethnic historiography: a work meant not merely to chronicle events, but to establish Jewish presence as integral to the American story. Wiernik, a Polish-born Jewish journalist, editor, and historian, brought to the subject both immigrant experience and wide familiarity with Jewish communal affairs. His work at the Jewish Morning Journal and his engagement with Yiddish and English readerships shaped his sensitivity to migration, religious adaptation, and the preservation of memory. Writing at a moment when American Jewry was rapidly expanding, he sought to give historical coherence to a diverse and changing community. This book is recommended to readers interested in Jewish studies, immigration history, and the making of modern America. Though marked by the assumptions of its period, it remains a valuable foundational text, especially for understanding how early twentieth-century Jews interpreted their past and claimed their place in American civic life.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length14 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 16, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface.
3Introduction.
4Part I. The Spanish and Portuguese Period.
5Chapter I. The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World.
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6Chapter II. Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World.
7Chapter III. Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru.
8Chapter IV. Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies.
9Part II. The Dutch and English Colonial Period.
10Chapter V. The Short-lived Dominion of the Dutch Over Brazil.
11Chapter VI. Recife: The First Jewish Community in the New World.
12Chapter VII. The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana.
13Chapter VIII. The Dutch and English West Indies.
14Chapter IX. New Amsterdam and New York.
15Chapter X. New England and the Other English Colonies.
16Part III. The Revolution and the Period of Expansion.
17Chapter XI. The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence.
18Chapter XII. The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution.
19Chapter XIII. The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews.
20Chapter XIV. Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence.
21Chapter XV. The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina.
22Chapter XVI. The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland.
23Chapter XVII. Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-zionistic Plans.
24Part IV. The Second or German Period of Immigration.
25Chapter XVIII. The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley.
26Chapter XIX. New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast.
27Chapter XX. The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War.
28Chapter XXI. The Religious Reform Movement.
29Chapter XXII. Conservative Judaism and Its Stand Against Reform.
30Chapter XXIII. Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle Against Swiss Discrimination.
31Part V. The Civil War and the Formative Period.
32Chapter XXIV. The Discussion About Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews.
33Chapter XXV. Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin.
34Chapter XXVI. Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle.
35Chapter XXVII. The Formative Period After the Civil War.
36Chapter XXVIII. New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880.
37Part VI. The Third or Russian Period of Immigration.
38Chapter XXIX. The Influx After the Anti-jewish Riots in Russia in 1881.
39Chapter XXX. Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers.
40Chapter XXXI. New Communal and Intellectual Activities.
41Chapter XXXII. The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities.
42Chapter XXXIII. Relations with Russia. The Passport Question.
43Chapter XXXIV. Legislation About Immigration. Sunday Laws and Their Enforcement.
44Chapter XXXV. End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dreyfus Affair. Zionism.
45Part VII. The Twentieth Century. Present Conditions.
46Chapter XXXVI. Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note.
47Chapter XXXVII. Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of Sympathy.
48Chapter XXXVIII. The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Institutions and Federations.
49Chapter XXXIX. The Jews in the Dominion of Canada.
50Chapter XL. Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba.
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