: Anton Hieke
: Jewish Identity in the Reconstruction South Ambivalence and Adaptation
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110277746
: New Perspectives on Modern Jewish HistoryISSN
: 1
: CHF 162.70
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: Judentum
: English
: 396
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< >How far can Jewish life in the South during Reconstruction (1863-1877) indeed 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'.



< >Anton Hieke, University Halle-Wittenberg.

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Acknowledgments7
Abbreviations11
Figures (Maps, Charts, Images)12
Introduction13
I Coming to the Reconstruction South37
A Sketch of Reconstruction37
The Jewish Communities of Georgia and the Carolinas, 1860-188044
The Chain Migration of Jewish Immigrants56
The Economic Background of Migration83
II Jews and southern society: Integrated Outsiders120
Jews in the Southern Race-Based Society120
Public Reconstruction Philo-Semitism133
Covert Reconstruction Anti-Semitism145
The First Marker of a Southern Jewish Identity: Accepting the Southern Racial Fabric176
The Second Marker of Southern Jewish Identity: Jews and the Confederacy194
The Third Marker of Southern Jewish Identity: Considering Residence and Jewish Trans-Regional Identity206
The German Identity of Jewish Southerners212
III Judaism and Jewish Identity in Georgia and the Carolinas, 1860-1880218
Reconstruction: Formative Years218
A Sketch of German and American Reform222
The ad hoc Advent of Reform Judaism in Georgia and the Carolinas234
Cemeteries and the Formation of Congregations251
Synagogues in Reconstruction Georgia and the Carolinas257
The Historic Congregations KKBE in Charleston and Mickve Israel in Savannah268
Atlanta’s The Temple and Wilmington’s Temple of Israel281
Jewish Small-Town and Micro-Communities, 1860-1880295
Conclusion318
Glossary323
Appendices326
Bibliography360
Index382