Author: B. H. LevyPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Savannah's Old Jewish Community Cemeteries
Author: B. H. LevySavannah's Old Jewish Community Cemetery
Author: B. H. LevySavannah's Old Jewish Burial Grounds
Author: Marion Abrahams LevyPublisher:
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Category : Jewish cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages :
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Savannah's Old Jewish Burial Ground
Author: Marion Abrahams LevySavannah in the Old South
Author: Walter J. FraserPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820327761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
An engaging narrative tells the story of Savannah, Georgia, from the hopeful arrival of its first permanent English settlers in 1733 to the uncertainties faced by its Civil War survivors in 1865. Reprint.
Remnant Stones
Author: Aviva Ben-UrPublisher: Hebrew Union College Press
ISBN: 0878203729
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
In the 1660s, Jews of Iberian ancestry, many of them fleeing Inquisitorial persecution, established an agrarian settlement in the midst of the Surinamese tropics. The heart of this community-Jodensavanne, or Jews' Savannah-became an autonomous village with its own Jewish institutions, including a majestic synagogue consecrated in 1685. Situated along the Suriname River, some fifty kilometers south of the capital city of Paramaribo, Jodensavanne was by the mid-eighteenth century surrounded by dozens of Jewish plantations sprawling north- and southward and dominating the stretch of the river. These Sephardi-owned plots, mostly devoted to the cultivation and processing of sugar, carried out primarily by enslaved Africans, collectively formed the largest Jewish agricultural community in the world at the time and the only Jewish settlement in the Americas granted virtual self-rule. Sephardi settlement paved the way for the influx of hundreds of Ashkenazi Jews, who began to emigrate in the late seventeenth century from western and central Europe. Generally banned from Jodensavanne, these newcomers settled in Paramaribo, where they established their own cemeteries and historic synagogue. Meanwhile, slave rebellions, Maroon attacks, the general collapse of Suriname's economy, soil depletion, absentee land ownership, and a ravaging fire all contributed to the demise of the old Savannah settlement beginning in the second half of the eighteenth century..
The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S.C.
Author: Barnett Abraham ElzasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Sephardim in the Americas
Author: Martin A. CohenPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Multidisciplinary essays examinig the historical and cultural history of the Sephardic experience in the Americas, from pre-expulsion Spain to the modern era, as recounted by some of the most outstanding interpreters of the field.
The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S.C.
Author: Barnett Abraham ElzasPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019382684
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of the Jewish community in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the oldest and most vibrant Jewish communities in the United States. With its meticulous transcription of tombstone inscriptions, as well as its insightful introduction and full index, The Old Jewish Cemeteries at Charleston, S.C. is a valuable resource for historians, genealogists, and anyone interested in the history of the American South. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Old Jewish Cemeteries of Newark
Author: Alice Perkins GouldPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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