美国犹太人生活，c1654-1954(Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954)

由 likebo, 26 八月, 2020

收录了6个机构收藏集和24个私人收藏集以及一些稀有的印刷品和宣传册，均来自纽约美国犹太历史学会的独家收藏。收录作品包括艾玛·拉撒路（Emma Lazarus）著名的十四行诗《新巨像》（'The New Colossus'）以及拜伦·德·赫尔希博士基金（Baron de Hirsch Fund）的档案记录，该基金从1819年至19世纪80年代曾多次资助美国犹太人的企业。本数据库同时还收录了一部美国犹太人年鉴文章的精选集并提供数据库大部分收藏集的研究指南，该指南可全文检索。本库对于有意了解和研究从1654年犹太人移居纽约到如今犹太人已成为美国重要的群体这段时期的历史学者来讲是不可或缺的珍贵资源。

Period Covered

17th - 20th century

Highlights

The evolution of early Jewish Settlements in areas such as New York, Rhode Island and Philadelphia
The immigration process and structures of support for those arriving from the Old World – the differing experiences of immigrants and, from the late 19th century, strategies adopted at Ellis Island and in Galveston
The role of Jews in the American War of Independence and the Civil War
The role of the synagogue as a focal point for Jewish communities
The development of Jewish schools and charitable institutions
Westward expansion and the attempts to establish Jewish farms
The Jewish Diaspora – the influx of Jews from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and other places around the world and their dispersal across America
The garment industry, peddling, general stores, finance and diversification into other industries
The development of differing strands of Judaism in America – Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionism and Orthodoxy – and the roots of this in patterns of immigration and in societal changes
Reaching out to Jewish communities around the world – especially to Russia, Romania, Germany and Eastern Europe
American Jewish involvement in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II
Involvement in Civil Rights and Minority Rights issues.