That pride of race and character : the roots of Jewish benevolence in the Jim Crow south /

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"It has ever been the boast of the Jewish people, that they support their own poor," declared Kentucky attorney Benjamin Franklin Jonas in 1856. "Their reasons are partly founded in religious necessity, and partly in that pride of race and character which has supported them through so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Light, Caroline E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Jews > Southern States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Jews > Southern States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Benevolence.
Charity.
Kindness.
Jewish way of life.
Juifs > États-Unis (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Juifs > États-Unis (Sud) > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Bienveillance.
Charité.
Bonté.
Vie religieuse > Judaïsme.
charity (philosophical concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Benevolence
Charity
Jewish way of life
Jews > Politics and government
Jews > Social life and customs
Kindness
Southern States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : loving kindness and cultural citizenship in the Jewish south
  • "To the Hebrews the world is indebted" : the southern roots of American Jewish benevolence
  • "For the honor of the Jewish people" : gender, race, and immigration
  • "Virtue, rectitude and loyalty to our faith" : Jewish orphans and the politics of southern cultural capital
  • "A very delicate problem" : the plight of the southern agunah
  • "None of my own people" : subsidizing Jewish motherhood in the depression-era south
  • Sex, race and consumption : southern sephardim and the politics of benevolence
  • Conclusion : loving kindness and its legacies.

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