Jewish communities on the Ohio River
Subtitle: a history
By: Amy Hill Shevitz.
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky; University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780813124308
Subjects: Jews -- Ohio River Region -- History; Jews -- Ohio River Region -- Politics and government; Jews -- Ohio River Region -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the Frontier; title: From Europe to the Ohio River Valley; title: Finding and founding communities; title: Religious conflicts and congruity; title: A Judaism for the middle class; title: The community within a community; title: Maintaining community; title: The East European immigration and the reconfiguration of community; title: Communities at maturity; title: The demise of community.