The Jews in Early America

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Malamed, Sandra Cumings 저자(글)

Daniel & Daniel Publishers · 2003년 12월 29일

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저자(글) Malamed, Sandra Cumings

Sandra Cumings Malamed is the author of The Jews in Early America: A Chronicle of Good Taste and Good Deeds. She has lectured throughout the United States and abroad at various historical societies and museums and has been a scholar in residence for many private organizations. She has served as visiting curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

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  Preface and Acknowledgments 9(8)
  Introduction 17(10)
  How Jewish Life in America Began
  Luis Moses Gomez 27(4)
  The Oldest Jewish House in America
  Abigail Franks 31(8)
  She Challenged Her Jewish Community to Reform
  Myer Myers 39(12)
  A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever
  The Touro Synagogue of Newport 51(6)
  The Oldest Standing Synagogue in America
  The Rivera-Lopez Family of Newport 57(8)
  From Marranos to Prominent Merchants
  Dr. John de Sequeyra 65(10)
  A Pioneer in the Treatment of the Insane
  The Gratz Family 75(8)
  Early Pioneers of Westward Expansion
  Joseph Simon 83(4)
  Entrepreneur, Frontiersman, and Patriot
  Abigail Minis 87(8)
  An Early American Innkeeper
  The Sheftalls of Savannah 95(6)
  Heroes of the Revolution
  Haym Salomon 101(6)
  He Helped Finance the American Revolution
  Moses Michael Hays 107(6)
  A Boston Businessman
  The Cohens and the Ettings 113(6)
  They Brought Jewish Society to Baltimore
  Gershom Mendes Seixas 119(4)
  Spiritual Leader for Shearith Israel
  The Moses Myers Family 123(12)
  A Family Home in Norfolk, for Many Generations
  The Richmond Jewish Community 135(12)
  The Importance of Religious Freedom
  Four Early American Women 147(6)
  History Revealed Through Women's Words
  Mordecai Manuel Noah 153(6)
  Diplomat, Writer, and Political Philosopher
  Uriah Phillips Levy 159(8)
  He Saved Monticello
  Isaac Leeser 167(6)
  The First Jewish-American Publisher
  Solomon Nunes Carvalho 173(8)
  Photographer of the Frontier
  Conclusion 181(8)
  Good Taste and Good Deeds
  Bibliography 189(2)
  Index 191

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ISBN	9781564744081 ( 1564744086 )
발행(출시)일자	2003년 12월 29일
쪽수	196쪽
크기	187 * 262 * 22 mm / 694 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어