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Jewish Communities on the Ohio River
Amy Hill Shevitz
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Description for Jewish Communities on the Ohio River
Chronicles the settlement and development of Jewish communities along the river. This work discusses the associations among the towns and the big cities of the region, especially Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It also demonstrates how the circumstances of a specific region influenced the evolution of American Jewish life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and development of small Jewish communities in towns along the river. In these small towns, Jewish citizens created networks of businesses and families that developed into a distinctive, nineteenth-century middle-class culture. As a minority group with a vital role in each community, Ohio Valley Jews fostered American religious pluralism as they constructed a regional identity. Their contributions to the culture and economy of the region countered the anti-Semitic sentiments of the period. Shevitz discusses the associations among the towns and the big cities of the region, especially ... Read more
In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and development of small Jewish communities in towns along the river. In these small towns, Jewish citizens created networks of businesses and families that developed into a distinctive, nineteenth-century middle-class culture. As a minority group with a vital role in each community, Ohio Valley Jews fostered American religious pluralism as they constructed a regional identity. Their contributions to the culture and economy of the region countered the anti-Semitic sentiments of the period. Shevitz discusses the associations among the towns and the big cities of the region, especially ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124308
SKU
V9780813124308
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About Amy Hill Shevitz
Amy Hill Shevitz is professor of religious studies at California State University, Northridge.
Reviews for Jewish Communities on the Ohio River
An engaging regional history with immense national significance.... An excellent chronicle of the minority experience in small-town America. - Ava F. Kahn, author of Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush