Rabbi Max Heller : Reformer, Zionist, Southerner, 1860-1929.

This biography of a pioneering Zionist and leader of American Reform Judaism adds significantly to our understanding of American and southern Jewish history. Max Heller was a man of both passionate conviction and inner contradiction. He sought to be at the center of current affairs, not as a spokesp...

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Main Author: Malone, Barbara S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Series:Judaic studies series.
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505 0 |a Illustrations; Preface; 1. From Jewish Prague to Chicago, 1860-1879; 2. Acquiring the Tools of Americanization, 1879-1884; 3. Initiating a Rabbinical Career: From Cincinnati to New Orleans, 1884-1887; 4. Southernization, Self-Righteousness, Nativism, and Social Reform: New Orleans, 1887-1891; 5. Dimensions of Leadership: Reformer, Traditionalist, Activist, and Dissenter, 1891-1897; 6. How Shall We Stand Unswayed in the Storm? Confronting the Rising Currents of Racialism; 7. Zionism as Our Salvation -- 8. Mandate for Moral Courage: American Ideals in the Light of Judaism 
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