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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Mauch, Christof//Salmons, Joseph |
| Title, Monographic | German-Jewish Identities in America |
| Place of Publication | Madison, WI |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2003 |
| Extent of Work | xii, 171 |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| ISBN | 0924119071 |
| Abstract | Explores varied German-Jewish identities in America from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines. Essays examine such varied topics as the relationship between German and Eastern European Jews in America, the development of the B'nai B'rith, nineteenth-century Jewish community-building in Chicago, German Jews' role in the building of modern American show business, and the correlation between date of emigration and language loss among Jewish emigrants fleeing to America from Nazi Germany. Although most of the contributors are historians, there are also chapters from a linguist, theater and literature professors, and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. |
| Notes | Contents: "German Jews and the American-Jewish Synthesis," by Henry Feingold -- "'Give to the Poor! Yourself You'll Bless!' Jewish Charities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1850-1914," by Anke Ortlepp -- "'We Are Brothers! Let Us Separate': Jewish Immigrants in Chicago between Gemeinde and Network Community before 1880," by Tobias Brinkmann -- "Shaping the American Jewish Community: The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, 1843-1914," by Cornelia Wilhelm -- "Franz Boas as German, American, and Jew," by Mitchell b. Hart -- "German Jews and American Show Business: A Reconsideration," by Harley Erdman -- "German Jews and Ostjuden in the American South: Alfred Uhry's Last Night of Ballyhoo," by Thomas Kovach -- "'I Always Thought I Was a German, It Was Hitler Who Taught Me I Was a Jew': National-Socialist Persecution, Identity, and the German Language," by Monika S. Schmid -- "German Jew or Jewish German?: Post-Immigration Questions," by Manfred Kirchheimer |
| Call Number | MKI/MEM E184 J5 G37 2003 |
| MKI Terms | Jews, German/ Cultural influence/ Cultural contribution/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Ethnic identity/ Communities/ Societies, etc./ National Socialism/ Theater & Drama/ Language loss |