Proceedings of the Convention to Organize the Union Grand Lodge ... June 24 & 25, 1874
Title | Proceedings of the Convention to Organize the Union Grand Lodge ... June 24 & 25, 1874 PDF eBook |
Author | Freemasons. Rhode Island. Union Grand Lodge (Colored) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1874 |
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 712 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Catalogs, Union |
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Title | Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Title | Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | American literature |
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An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences
Title | An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Gallatin Mackey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Freemasonry |
ISBN |
Mackey's History of Freemasonry
Title | Mackey's History of Freemasonry PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Gallatin Mackey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | |
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The Independent Orders of B'nai B'rith and True Sisters
Title | The Independent Orders of B'nai B'rith and True Sisters PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Wilhelm |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2011-07-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0814337058 |
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.