Streams: Small Jewish communities on the banks of the Ohio.

In most small towns, the dominant Jewish institution was the synagogue, whose activities included mutual aid, philanthropy, and Jewish education. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Ohio Valley was the center of a movement for an Americanized Reform Judaism. Small Jewish communities there played a vital role in constructing Reform Judaism and its institutions. Jews saw themselves---and were seen---as simultaneously similar and different. Emphasizing shared values and interests, small town Jews affirmed the notion of "progress" central to small-town boosterism.

Author dc:creator

• Shevitz, Amy Hill.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Levy, David W.,

• History, United States.
• Religion, History of.
• Jews Ohio Ohio River Valley History.
• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.
• Jews United States History.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11244/471

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