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History of the Jews in America

Name: History of the Jews in America
Author: Peter Wiernik

Peter Wiernik

Read by Francisco Galeano, Aviva Apfel, Murphy8104, MrHistory89, Chris Pyle, Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025), VO Gal, Cbteddy, Yi Fan, Richard Vogel, BettyB, Jeffery, Jen Teal Levine, marisad6 and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface and Introduction (23:46)
The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World (17:50)
Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World. (11:06)
Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru (10:28)
Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies (6:17)
The Short-Lived Dominion of the Dutch over Brazil (8:33)
Recife: the First Jewish Community in the New World (8:08)
The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana (22:32)
The Dutch and English West Indies (26:08)
New Amsterdam and New York (22:08)
New England and the Other English Colonies (23:48)
The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence (14:46)
The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution (21:02)
The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews (15:48)
Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence (19:39)
The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina (23:51)
The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland (13:54)
Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans (16:07)
The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley (30:37)
New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast (18:29)
The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War (14:19)
The Religious Reform Movement (31:46)
Conservative Judaism and Its Stand against Reform (20:45)
Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle against Swiss Discrimination (29:34)
The Discussion about Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews (16:05)
Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin (17:19)
Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle (20:23)
The Formative Period after the Civil War (16:09)
New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880 (16:26)
The Influx after the Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia in 1881 (25:43)
Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers (24:47)
New Communal and Intellectual Activities (20:24)
The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities (19:15)
Relations with Russia. The Passport Question (27:40)
Legislation about Immigration. Sunday Laws and their Enforcement (23:56)
End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dreyfus Affair. Zionism (13:32)
Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note (28:33)
Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of Sympathy (19:15)
The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Institutions and Federations (23:07)
The Jews in the Dominion of Canada (16:16)
Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba (15:22)
Men of Eminence in the Arts, Sciences and the Professions (26:11)
Literature: Hebrew and English. Periodicals (25:22)
Yiddish Literature, Drama and the Press (16:44)
Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of Jews in America. Conclusion (12:17)