Author: W. Gunther Plaut
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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Author: Jack Wertheimer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521534543
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Adapting to the shifting characteristics of the American Jewish population and the larger society of the United States, the synagogue has consistently served as American Jewry's vital forum for the exploration of the evolving ideological and social concerns of American Jews. From the Americanization of an immigrant congregation in Seattle to the growth of a synagogue center in Brooklyn, and from the agitation for religious reform in early nineteenth-century Charlestown to the introduction of American folk music in a Houston temple, the cases studied in this volume attest to the prominent role of the synagogue in shaping, as well as adapting to, social, cultural, and ideological trends. The book begins with an overview of the historical transformation and denominational differentiation of American synagogues. The essays in the second section offer in-depth analyses of the critical challenges to and changes in synagogue life through innovative studies of representative congregations. The problems of geographic relocation, the conflict between ethnic preservation and acculturation, the development of education in the synagogue, and the changing role of women in the congregation are all examined.

Author: Jacob Rader Marcus
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814321867
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 1002

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Author: Earl Schwartz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498596673
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167

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The Arc of the Covenant studies the social, cultural, and political factors that contributed to exceptional Jewish educational success in St. Paul, Minnesota in the latter half of the twentieth century. The book draws on archival sources, interviews with principal figures, and wide-ranging research on Jewish education and community dynamics to elucidate the story’s intriguing improbabilities. Why such success in a midsize, midcentury, midwestern river town with a relatively small Jewish population of limited resources? How did it happen, and how have circumstances changed in recent years? The answers are to be found at the intersection of broad historical forces and local circumstances. Though focused on a particular place and time, the implications reach far beyond St. Paul, then and now, making Arc of the Covenant a timely resource for current Jewish educational planners, along with educators in other communities dedicated to the transmission of a sacred heritage.

Author: Gene H. Rosenblum
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738518626
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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The roots of the Jewish community of St. Paul, MN, were established in 1849, with the arrival of two American-born brothers from Pennsylvania. From these early pioneers the community grew and spread. Through the medium of historic photographs and stories, this book captures the remarkable evolution of the Jewish people of St. Paul. It is a story of the cultural, religious, economic, and everyday life of St. Paul Jews. These pages bring to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape and transform today's Jewish community. These photographs, derived from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Ramsey County Historical Society, paint a poignant and vivid picture of Jewish life in St. Paul. In addition to recalling the establishment of Mt. Zion and Sons of Jacob, the first two major synagogues in St. Paul, this book displays the distinct impact that prominent Jews of the community, such as Abram Elfelt, Judge Isaac N. Cardozo, and Isador Rose, had on the shaping of St. Paul.

Author: Daniel Judah Elazar
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
ISBN: 1590450671
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Author: Kate Roberts
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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A fabulous showcase of individuals, events, and inventions that have made Minnesota.

Author: LeRoy R. Hafen
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Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: LeRoy Reuben Hafen
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Category : Handcarts
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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