Hieke Jewish Identity in the Reconstruction South

Ambivalence and Adaptation
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-027774-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 396 Seiten

Reihe: New Perspectives on Modern Jewish History

How far can Jewish life in the South during Reconstruction (1863–1877) be described as German in a period of American Jewry traditionally referred to as ‘German Jewish’ in historiography? To what extent were Jewish immigrants in the South acculturated to Southern identity and customs? Anton Hieke discusses the experience of Jewish immigrants in the Reconstruction South as exemplified by Georgia and the Carolinas. The book critically explores the shifting identities of German Jewish immigrants, their impact on congregational life, and of their identity as ‘Southerners’. The author draws from demographic data of six thousand individuals representing the complete identifiable Jewish minority in Georgia, South and North Carolina from 1860 to 1880. Reconstruction, it is concluded, has to be seen as a formative period for the region’s Jewish congregations and Reform Judaism. The study challenges existing views that are claiming German Jews were setting the standard for Jewish life in this period and were perceived as distinct from Jews of another background. Rather Hieke arrives at a conclusion that takes into consideration the migratory movement between North and South.

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Institutes (Jewish Studies, History), Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hieke, Anton

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Identität & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;7
2;Abbreviations;11
3;Figures (Maps, Charts, Images);12
4;Introduction;13
5;I Coming to the Reconstruction South;37
5.1;A Sketch of Reconstruction;37
5.2;The Jewish Communities of Georgia and the Carolinas, 1860-1880;44
5.3;The Chain Migration of Jewish Immigrants;56
5.4;The Economic Background of Migration;83
6;II Jews and southern society: Integrated Outsiders;120
6.1;Jews in the Southern Race-Based Society;120
6.2;Public Reconstruction Philo-Semitism;133
6.3;Covert Reconstruction Anti-Semitism;145
6.4;The First Marker of a Southern Jewish Identity: Accepting the Southern Racial Fabric;176
6.5;The Second Marker of Southern Jewish Identity: Jews and the Confederacy;194
6.6;The Third Marker of Southern Jewish Identity: Considering Residence and Jewish Trans-Regional Identity;206
6.7;The German Identity of Jewish Southerners;212
7;III Judaism and Jewish Identity in Georgia and the Carolinas, 1860-1880;218
7.1;Reconstruction: Formative Years;218
7.2;A Sketch of German and American Reform;222
7.3;The ad hoc Advent of Reform Judaism in Georgia and the Carolinas;234
7.4;Cemeteries and the Formation of Congregations;251
7.5;Synagogues in Reconstruction Georgia and the Carolinas;257
7.6;The Historic Congregations KKBE in Charleston and Mickve Israel in Savannah;268
7.7;Atlanta’s The Temple and Wilmington’s Temple of Israel;281
7.8;Jewish Small-Town and Micro-Communities, 1860-1880;295
8;Conclusion;318
9;Glossary;323
10;Appendices;326
11;Bibliography;360
12;Index;382

Über Autor(innen)

Anton Hieke, Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

Anton Hieke, Universität Halle-Wittenberg.