Birmingham's rabbi : Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 /
Cowett, Mark, 1951-
Birmingham's rabbi : Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 / Mark Cowett. - University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1986. - 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Judaic studies series . - Judaic studies series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; ONE The Early Years: From Hungary through Hebrew Union College; TWO A Leader of Birmingham Jews, 1895-1914; THREE Newfield the Man; FOUR A Leader in Birmingham, 1895-1920; FIVE A Leading Social Worker in Alabama, 1909-1940; SIX A Moderate in Times of Reactive and Radical Change, 1920-1940; SEVEN Altered Attitudes toward Zionism, 1895-1938; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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American Jewish history has been criticized for its parochial nature because it has consisted largely of chronicles of American Jewish life and has often failed to explore the relationship between Jews and other ethnic groups in America. Rabbi Morris Newfield led Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham from 1895-1940 and was counted among the most influential religious and social leaders of that city. Cowett chronicles Newfield's career and uses it as a vehicle to explore the nature of ethnic leadership in America. In doing so he explores the conflicts with which Newfield stru.
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Newfield, Morris, 1869-1940.
Newfield, Morris, 1869-1940
Rabbis--Alabama--Birmingham--Biography.
Jews--Politics and government.--Alabama--Birmingham
Rabbins--Alabama--Birmingham--Biographies.
Juifs--Politique et gouvernement.--Alabama--Birmingham
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnic relations.
Jews--Politics and government.
Rabbis.
Birmingham (Ala.)--Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.)--Ethnic relations.
Alabama--Birmingham.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
BM755.N48 / C48 1986eb
296.8320924 B
Birmingham's rabbi : Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 / Mark Cowett. - University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1986. - 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Judaic studies series . - Judaic studies series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; ONE The Early Years: From Hungary through Hebrew Union College; TWO A Leader of Birmingham Jews, 1895-1914; THREE Newfield the Man; FOUR A Leader in Birmingham, 1895-1920; FIVE A Leading Social Worker in Alabama, 1909-1940; SIX A Moderate in Times of Reactive and Radical Change, 1920-1940; SEVEN Altered Attitudes toward Zionism, 1895-1938; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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American Jewish history has been criticized for its parochial nature because it has consisted largely of chronicles of American Jewish life and has often failed to explore the relationship between Jews and other ethnic groups in America. Rabbi Morris Newfield led Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham from 1895-1940 and was counted among the most influential religious and social leaders of that city. Cowett chronicles Newfield's career and uses it as a vehicle to explore the nature of ethnic leadership in America. In doing so he explores the conflicts with which Newfield stru.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780817382711 (electronic bk.) 0817382712 (electronic bk.)
Title subscribed to via ProQuest Academic Complete
Newfield, Morris, 1869-1940.
Newfield, Morris, 1869-1940
Rabbis--Alabama--Birmingham--Biography.
Jews--Politics and government.--Alabama--Birmingham
Rabbins--Alabama--Birmingham--Biographies.
Juifs--Politique et gouvernement.--Alabama--Birmingham
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
Ethnic relations.
Jews--Politics and government.
Rabbis.
Birmingham (Ala.)--Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.)--Ethnic relations.
Alabama--Birmingham.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
BM755.N48 / C48 1986eb
296.8320924 B