TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cowett,Mark
TI  - Birmingham's rabbi: Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940 
T2  - Judaic studies series
SN  - 9780817382711
AV  - BM755.N48 C48 1986eb
U1  - 296.8320924B 22
PY  - 1986///
CY  - University, Ala.
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Newfield, Morris,
KW  - Rabbis
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Birmingham
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jews
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Rabbins
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Juifs
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Birmingham (Ala.)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - collective biographies
KW  - aat
KW  - gtlm
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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