And prairie dogs weren't kosher
Subtitle: Jewish women in the upper Midwest since 1855
By: Linda Mack Schloff.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: St. Paul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Jews -- Middle West -- Social life and customs.; Jewish women -- Middle West -- Social life and customs.; Jews -- Middle West -- Biography.; Jewish women -- Middle West -- Biography.; Middle West -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Integrates oral accounts, diaries, letters, and autobiographies with original research and interpretation to present the little-known story of the Jewish experience in America's heartland, using the voices of four generations of Jewish women who settled in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, and Wisconsin to show how they transported and transformed their cultural and religious life in a region inhabited by few Jews.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.