| The Jewish Community of New Orleans Contributor(s): Lachoff, Irwin (Author), Kahn, Catherine C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738518352 ISBN-13: 9780738518350 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: New Orleans is not a typical Southern city. The Jews who have settled in New Orleans from 1757 to the present have had a very different experience than others in the South. New Orleans was a wide-open frontier that attracted gamblers, sailors, con artists, planters, and merchants. Most early Jewish immigrants were bachelors who took Catholic wives, if they married at all. The first congregation, Gates of Mercy, was founded in 1827, and by 1860, four congregations represented Sephardic, French and German, and Polish Jewry. The reform movement, the largest denomination today, took hold after the Civil War with the founding of Temple Sinai. Small as it is in proportion to the population of New Orleans, the Jewish community has made contributions that far exceed their numbers in cultural, educational, and philanthropic gifts to the city. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 976.335 |
| LCCN: 2005925412 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.54" W x 9.24" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Contributor Bio(s): Lachoff, Irwin: - Irwin Lachoff is the associate archivist of Xavier University of Louisiana and author of the historical introduction to Jews of New Orleans: An Archival Guide. His latest article is Rabbi Bernard Illowy: Counter Reformer in the Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society. Catherine C. Kahn is the archivist of Touro Infirmary and the author of Legacy: The History of the Greater New Orleans Foundation and project chair for Jews of New Orleans: An Archival Guide. |