Author: Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Constitution Grand LodgePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Proceedings of the General Convention of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
Author: Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Constitution Grand LodgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The Independent Orders of B'nai B'rith and True Sisters
Author: Cornelia WilhelmPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814337058
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Explores the roles of the two oldest American Jewish fraternal organizations in the process of American Jewish identity formation. Founded in New York City in 1843 by immigrants from German or German-speaking territories in Central Europe, the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith sought to integrate Jewish identity with the public and civil sphere in America. In The Independent Orders of B’nai B’rith and True Sisters: Pioneers of a New Jewish Identity, 1843–1914, author Cornelia Wilhelm examines B’nai B’rith, and the closely linked Independent Order of True Sisters, to find their larger German Jewish social and intellectual context and explore their ambitions of building a "civil Judaism" outside the synagogue in America. Wilhelm details the founding, growth, and evolution of both organizations as fraternal orders and examines how they served as a civil platform for Jews to reinvent, stage, and voice themselves as American citizens. Wilhelm discusses many of the challenges the B’nai B’rith faced, including the growth of competing organizations, the need for a democratic ethnic representation, the difficulties of keeping its core values and solidarity alive in a growing and increasingly incoherent mass organization, and the iconization of the Order as an exclusionary "German Jewish elite." Wilhelm’s study offers new insights into B’nai B’rith’s important community work, including its contribution to organizing and financing a nationwide hospital and orphanage system, its life insurance, its relationships with new immigrants, and its efforts to reach out locally with branches on the Lower East Side. Based on extensive archival research, Wilhelm’s study demonstrates the central place of B’nai B’rith in the formation and propagation of a uniquely American Jewish identity. The Independent Orders of B’nai B’rith and True Sisters will interest all scholars of Jewish history, B’nai B’rith and True Sisters members, and readers interested in American history.
Proceedings of the General Convention
Author: B'nai B'rith, Independent order of. Constitution grand lodgePublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Proceedings of the ... General Convention
Author: B'nai B'rith. Supreme LodgePublisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Proceedings of the Annual Session
Author: B'nai B'rith District No. 4. Grand LodgePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Dictionary Catalog of the Jewish Collection
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Jewish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Proceedings of the ... Convention of the National Council of Jewish Women
Author: National Council of Jewish WomenPublisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Report of Proceedings ...
Author: Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. District Grand Lodge No. 2Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Proceedings
Author: American Jewish CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Proceedings of Annual Meeting
Author: American Jewish CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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