History of the Jews in America

Genre(s): Early Modern, Modern (19th C), Modern (20th C)

Narrators: Francisco Galeano, Aviva Apfel, Murphy8104, MrHistory89, Chris Pyle, Roselbex, VO Gal, Cbteddy, Yi Fan, Richard Vogel, BettyB, Jeffery, Jen Teal Levine, Marisad6, Larry Wilson

Number of Chapters: 45

Length: 14 hours and 36 minutes

Language: English

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

Preface and Introduction (Francisco Galeano)

The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World (Aviva Apfel)

Early Jewish Martyrs under Spanish Rule in the New World. (Aviva Apfel)

Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru (Aviva Apfel)

Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies (Aviva Apfel)

The Short-Lived Dominion of the Dutch over Brazil (Aviva Apfel)

Recife: the First Jewish Community in the New World (Francisco Galeano)

The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana (Francisco Galeano)

The Dutch and English West Indies (Murphy8104)

New Amsterdam and New York (MrHistory89)

New England and the Other English Colonies (MrHistory89)

The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence (Chris Pyle)

The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution (roselbex)

The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews (MrHistory89)

Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence (roselbex)

The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina (MrHistory89)

The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland (VO Gal)

Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans (roselbex)

The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley (roselbex)

New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast (Cbteddy)

The Jews in the Early History of Texas. The Mexican War (Yi Fan)

The Religious Reform Movement (Richard Vogel)

Conservative Judaism and Its Stand against Reform (Cbteddy)

Intervention in Damascus. The Struggle against Swiss Discrimination (BettyB)

The Discussion about Slavery. Lincoln and the Jews (Cbteddy)

Participation of Jews in the Civil War. Judah P. Benjamin (Cbteddy)

Distinguished Services of Jews on Both Sides of the Struggle (BettyB)

The Formative Period after the Civil War (Jeffery)

New Synagogues and Temples. Immigration from Russia Prior to 1880 (Aviva Apfel)

The Influx after the Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia in 1881 (Jen Teal Levine)

Communal and Religious Activities among the New Comers (Jen Teal Levine)

New Communal and Intellectual Activities (Cbteddy)

The Labor Movement and New Literary Activities (Cbteddy)

Relations with Russia. The Passport Question (Cbteddy)

Legislation about Immigration. Sunday Laws and their Enforcement (Cbteddy)

End of the Century. The Spanish-American War. The Dreyfus Affair. Zionism (Cbteddy)

Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note (Cbteddy)

Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of Sympathy (Cbteddy)

The American-Jewish Committee. Educational Institutions and Federations (Cbteddy)

The Jews in the Dominion of Canada (Cbteddy)

Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba (Cbteddy)

Men of Eminence in the Arts, Sciences and the Professions (BettyB)

Literature: Hebrew and English. Periodicals (marisad6)

Yiddish Literature, Drama and the Press (marisad6)

Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of Jews in America. Conclusion (Larry Wilson)

The audiobook History of the Jews in America falls under the genres of Early Modern, Modern (19th C), Modern (20th C). It is written by Peter Wiernik.

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