History of the Jews in America
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Peter Wiernik
(4,375 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)
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 (14 hr 36 min)
Chapters
Synagogues and Institutions. The Encyclopedia. Roumania and the Roumanian Note
28:33
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Help for the Victims of the Russian Massacres in 1903 and 1905. Other Proofs of…
19:15
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Present Conditions. The Number and the Dispersion of Jews in America. Conclusion
12:17
Read by Larry Wilson
Bewertungen
Contextually fascinating
BookWyrm
(5 Sterne)
Very decent reader. I prefer more emotive variability, but the flat-leaning vocal style is good for historical non-fiction, especially if you are listening for study as opposed to self-education (or perhaps purely for entertainment). As for the contents of the book, it contains seldom discussed opinions of the 15th century (and beyond) chronology of American/pre-American historical milestones and events. Now I hope none find the following comment to be offensive, but I simply must share this observation: This book is an incredibly revised historical narrative, written by and for, perhaps the most vocal anti-revisionist ethnic demographic known in modern times. I'd be filtering my true-natured personal commentary to omit it, but again, my goal isn't to offend, and I know nothing of the opinion by historians of this book's author. That being said, I also cannot (with much confidence) speak on the accuracy of the events/information within the book, though the entire reason I looked to read it, was due to my long-held doubt of the accuracy and level of bias in mainstream historical narratives fed to us (Americans) as children. I definitely got an alternative version than any I had learned or heard of. I found it fascinating nonetheless. And if you too question some of the histories you were taught in schools (in the USA), it might intrigue you just how much this book deviates from what most Americans understand to be the full story.
The One Nerd
(4,5 Sterne)
This history is true, basically what happened is that the Sephardi Jews came from Spain and Portugal to the Americas and suffered persecution, later the Sephardi settled in the Dutch and English Colonies and eventually the Ashkenazi settled in the United States becoming the overwhelming majority of the Jewish population. Also for anyone who finds this book Judeo-Centric or Euro-Centric must remember that this is the history of the Jews in America and not the history of America. This is what one may call a Ethnic or Religious history. In hindsight of the Holocaust it is tragic that the US and other countries allowed 6 Million Jews to be Murdered before they put a stop to it, they didn't accept Jewish refugees or did anything to help the German Jews before the war and they didn't try to stop the Genocide during the war, they didn't try to bomb the railroads or gass chambers they left the Jews at the mercy of the Nazi's and those gentiles willing to help them.