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History of the Jews in America

by Peter Wiernik

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Contents
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Part I — The Spanish and Portuguese Period
  5. 5Chapter II — Early Jewish Martyrs Under Spanish Rule in the New World
  6. 6Chapter III — Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru
  7. 7Chapter IV — Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies
  8. 8Part II — The Dutch and English Colonial Period
  9. 9Chapter VI — Recife: The First Jewish Community in the New World
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Dutch and English West Indies
  12. 12Chapter IX — New Amsterdam and New York
  13. 13Chapter X — New England and the Other English Colonies
  14. 14Part III — The Revolution and the Period of Expansion
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence
  18. 18Chapter XV — The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in N…
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilitie…
  20. 20Chapter XVII — Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionisti…
  21. 21Part IV — The Second or German Period of Immigration
  22. 22Chapter XIX — New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific…
  23. 23Chapter XX — The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War
  24. 24Chapter XXI — The Religious Reform Movement
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Conservative Judaism and Its Stand Against Reform
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle Against Swis…
  27. 27Part V — The Civil War and the Formative Period
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benj…
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the…
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — The Formative Period After the Civil War
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration From Russi…
  32. 32Part VI — The Third or Russian Period of Immigration
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Communal and Religious Activities Among the New Comers
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — New Communal and Intellectual Activities
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Relations With Russia. The Passport Question
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Legislation About Immigration. Sunday Laws and Thei…
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dr…
  39. 39Part VII — The Twentieth Century. Present Conditions
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1…
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII — The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Instit…
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX — The Jews in the Dominion of Canada
  43. 43Chapter XL — Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba
  44. 44Chapter XLI — Men of Eminence in the Arts, Sciences and the Profess…
  45. 45Chapter XLII — Literature: Hebrew and English. Periodicals
  46. 46Chapter XLIII — Yiddish Literature, Drama and the Press
  47. 47Chapter XLIV — Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of…

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