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1 online resource (296 pages) |
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Judaic Studies Series |
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Judaic studies series.
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Illustrations; Preface; 1. From Jewish Prague to Chicago, 1860-1879; 2. Acquiring the Tools of Americanization, 1879-1884; 3. Initiating a Rabbinical Career: From Cincinnati to New Orleans, 1884-1887; 4. Southernization, Self-Righteousness, Nativism, and Social Reform: New Orleans, 1887-1891; 5. Dimensions of Leadership: Reformer, Traditionalist, Activist, and Dissenter, 1891-1897; 6. How Shall We Stand Unswayed in the Storm? Confronting the Rising Currents of Racialism; 7. Zionism as Our Salvation -- 8. Mandate for Moral Courage: American Ideals in the Light of Judaism |
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9. ""The Zenith of My Career""10. The Legacy of a Righteous Life; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This biography of a pioneering Zionist and leader of American Reform Judaism adds significantly to our understanding of American and southern Jewish history. Max Heller was a man of both passionate conviction and inner contradiction. He sought to be at the center of current affairs, not as a spokesperson of centrist opinion, but as an agitator or mediator, constantly struggling to find an acceptable path as he confronted the major issues of the day--racism and Jewish emancipation in eastern Europe, nationalism and nativism, immigration and assimilation. Heller's life experien |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Heller, Max, 1860-1929.
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Heller, Max, 1860-1929 fast |
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Temple Sinai (New Orleans, La.)
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Temple Sinai (New Orleans, La.) fast |
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Rabbis -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
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Jews -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History
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Reform Judaism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History
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Ethnic relations
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Jews
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Rabbis
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Reform Judaism
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New Orleans (La.) -- Ethnic relations
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Louisiana -- New Orleans
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817387358 |
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0817387358 |
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0585221936 |
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9780585221939 |
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