Through the sands of time : a history of the Jewish community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen, Judah M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanover : Lebanon, N.H. : Brandeis University Press ; Published by University Press of New England, ©2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
Subjects:
Israelitische Religionsgemeinschaft Württembergs
Jews > United States Virgin Islands > Saint Thomas (Island) > History.
Jews > United States Virgin Islands > Saint Thomas (Island) > Social life and customs.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnic relations
Jews
Jews > Social life and customs
Geschichte
Jüdische Gemeinde
Joden.
Culturele minderheden.
Judar > historia > Virgin Islands of the United States > Saint Thomas.
Judar > vardagsliv och traditioner > Virgin Islands of the United States > Saint Thomas.
Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island) > Ethnic relations.
Saint Thomas (Îles Vierges américaines : Île) > Relations interethniques.
United States Virgin Islands > Saint Thomas (Island)
Saint Thomas > Virgin Islands of the United States
Juden.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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