Through the sands of time : a history of the Jewish community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands /
"In Through the Sands of Time, Judah M. Cohen offers a historical portrait of this unusual and tenacious group of Jews. Beset with frequent fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, epidemics, economic depressions, and political upheavals, the Jews of St. Thomas have survived into the twenty-first centur...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hanover : Lebanon, N.H. :
Brandeis University Press ; Published by University Press of New England,
©2004.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Invitation: Why St. Thomas?
- Introduction: On Writing a Synagogue Narrative
- Ch. 1. Gathering
- Ch. 2. Growth: 1796-1831
- Ch. 3. Rebuilding: 1831-1833
- Ch. 4. A Battle of Reforms: 1833-1848
- Ch. 5. Development: 1848-1867
- Ch. 6. The Hebrew Reformed Congregation: 1867-1875
- Ch. 7. Changing of the Guard: 1875-1914
- Ch. 8. Struggle: 1914-1946
- Ch. 9. A Revival from America: 1946-1967
- Epilogue: Sifting through the Sands of Time.