Hasia R. Diner Bücher

Focusing on the period from the 1820s to the 1920s, the book explores the factors that drew a significant Jewish population to the United States, highlighting the interplay of race, immigration, and economic development. It examines how America's search for white immigrants to bolster its economy and the importance placed on religion as a moral compass created a unique environment for Jewish immigrants. This convergence allowed Jews to experience opportunities and freedoms that were unavailable in their homelands, shaping their lives and contributions in America.

A sweeping narrative history of American immigration from the colonial period to the present

The portrait of a humble retail magnate whose visionary ideas about charitable giving transformed the practice of philanthropy in America and beyond

"The reality of diaspora has shaped Jewish history, its demography, its economic relationships, and the politics which that impacted the lives of Jews with each other and with the non-Jews among whom they lived. Jews have moved around the globe since the beginning of their history, maintaining relationships with their former Jewish neighbors, who had chosen other destinations and at the same time forging relationships in their new homes with Jews from widely different places of origin"--