History of the Jews in America
Peter Wiernik
45 chapters · 14 h 36 min · English
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Peter Wiernik was an influential Yiddish journalist in Chicago after immigrating from Vilna when he was twenty. He also wrote in Hebrew and English. In this great work he traces the history of the Jewish people in the Americas from the earliest days of exploration to the beginning of the twentieth century. This book is divided into seven parts: I. The Spanish and Portuguese Period, II. The Dutch and English Colonial Period, III. The Revolution and the Period of Expansion, IV. The Second or German Period of Immigration, V. The Civil War and the Formative Period, VI. The Third or Russian Period of Immigration, VII. The Twentieth Century - Present Conditions. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 Preface and Introduction 24 min 2 The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World 18 min 3 Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World 11 min 4 Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru 10 min 5 Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies 6 min 6 The Short-Lived Dominion of the Dutch over Brazil 9 min 7 Recife: the First Jewish Community in the New World 8 min 8 The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana 23 min 9 The Dutch and English West Indies 26 min 10 New Amsterdam and New York 22 min 11 New England and the Other English Colonies 24 min 12 The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence 15 min 13 The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution 21 min 14 The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews 16 min 15 Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence 20 min 16 The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina 24 min 17 The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland 14 min 18 Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans 16 min 19 The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley 31 min 20 New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast 18 min 21 The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War 14 min 22 The Religious Reform Movement 32 min 23 Conservative Judaism and Its Stand against Reform 21 min 24 Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle against Swiss Discrimination 30 min 25 The Discussion about Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews 16 min 26 Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin 17 min 27 Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle 20 min 28 The Formative Period after the Civil War 16 min 29 New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880 16 min 30 The Influx after the Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia in 1881 26 min 31 Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers 25 min 32 New Communal and Intellectual Activities 20 min 33 The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities 19 min 34 Relations with Russia. The Passport Question 28 min 35 Legislation about Immigration. Sunday Laws and their Enforcement 24 min 36 End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dreyfus Affair. Zionism 14 min 37 Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note 29 min 38 Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of Sympathy 19 min 39 The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Institutions and Federations 23 min 40 The Jews in the Dominion of Canada 16 min 41 Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba 15 min 42 Men of Eminence in the Arts, Sciences and the Professions 26 min 43 Literature: Hebrew and English. Periodicals 25 min 44 Yiddish Literature, Drama and the Press 17 min 45 Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of Jews in America. Conclusion 12 min
