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	History of the Jew's Harp
		The Jew's Harp is a small musical instrument which is held against the teeth or lips, and plucked with the fingers.
		Conclusive evidence of the use of the Jew's Harp is by no means abundant, except for the fact that practically all of the Jew's Harps which have been archaeological finds have been in dis-repair, which means the tongues were broken and missing.
		Jew's Harps were not only present in the North American colonies, they were being used, and broken, in substantial numbers.
	www.jewsharpguild.org /history.html (1927 words)

	History of the Jews in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was in the United States during the 1800s that two of the major branches of Judaism were established by these German immigrants, including Reform Judaism (out of German Reform Judaism) and Conservative Judaism, in reaction to the perceived liberalness of Reform Judaism.
		From Russia alone the emigration rose from an annual average of 4,100 in the decade 1871-80 to an annual average of 20,700 in the decade 1881-90.
		In 2004 74% of Jews voted for Democrat John Kerry, a Catholic, and in 2006 87% voted for Democratic candidates for the House.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_United_States (2997 words)

	Jew - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes.
		The waves of immigration to the United States at the turn of the 19th century, massacre of European Jewry during the Holocaust, and the foundation of the state of Israel (and subsequent Jewish exodus from Arab lands) all resulted in substantial shifts in the population centers of world Jewry during the 20th century.
		Jews were subject to explusions from England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire throughout the Middle Ages, with most of the population moving to Eastern Europe and Poland.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=15913 (4141 words)

	The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000: Introduction
		The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000: Introduction
		By contrast, Polish Jews who immigrated to America came to a country where almost all residents traced their roots to someplace else, and Jews did not stand out as unusual for being immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.
		If the history of the Jews in the United States paralleled the history of the nation, it also flowed along the course of modern Jewish history in general.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/9218/9218.intro.html (3249 words)

	History
		History majors who have achieved an overall College grade point average of 3.0 and one of 3.5 in History (based on a minimum of five graded History courses) may apply for admission to the Honors Program through a written proposal submitted in the spring term of their junior year.
		Earlier nineteenth century history will be examined before turning to twentieth century Arab nationalism; the Arab world in global history; the formation and maintenance of new states; regional rivalries and war; Palestine; and modernization, along with social-particularly that of women-cultural, and religious changes, including the emergence of Islamism.
		Recurrent topics to be discussed include subjectivity and the social world, nature and history as forms of intelligibility and sources of norm and meaning, the relation of theory and practice, criticism and tradition, the nature and scope of science, and the motifs of immanence and transcendence.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~reg/courses/desc/hist.html (16224 words)

	American Jews - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Jews, also commonly Jewish Americans, are Americans who maintain an active connection to the Jewish community in the United States or abroad, either through an active practice of Judaism, or through cultural and historical affiliation, or both.
		Though Jews arrived in the United States as early as the 17th century, Jewish immigration grew in the 19th century.
		The same social and cultural characteristics of the United States of America that facilitated the extraordinary economic, political, and social success of the American Jewish community have also contributed to assimilation, a controversial and significant issue in the modern American Jewish community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Jews (3320 words)

	250 years of Jewish history
		The documentary, underwritten by the Arizona area office of the American Jewish Committee, chronicles the arrival of Jews in the 17th century and illuminates United States history through the eyes of American Jews.
		It is a story of the tension between loyalty to one's native traditions and the pressure to assimilate.
		For Jews, the process of collectively finding themselves was complicated by their many classifications as a religion, nation, ethnic group, culture and civilization.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/010907/years.shtml (170 words)

	Judaism 101: What Is Judaism?
		Those secular American Jews would probably be surprised to learn that much of what they think of as Jewish culture is really just Ashkenazic Jewish culture, the culture of Jews whose ancestors come from one part of the world.
		The traditional explanation, and the one given in the Torah, is that the Jews are a nation.
		Because of this notion of "nationhood," Jews are often falsely accused of being disloyal to their own country in favor of their loyalty to the Jewish "nation," of being more loyal to Israel than to their home country.
	www.jewfaq.org /judaism.htm (1411 words)

	Judaism.com - The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 By: Hasia Diner
		Judaism.com - The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 By: Hasia Diner
		What this interconnected destiny has meant for American Jews and how it has defined their experience among the world's Jews is fully chronicled in this work, a comprehensive and finely nuanced history of Jews in the United States from 1654 through the end of the past century.
		Diner portrays this history as a constant process of negotiation, undertaken by ordinary Jews who wanted at one and the same time to be Jews and full Americans.
	www.judaism.com /display.asp?etn=ECGAD (310 words)

	The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000, by Hasia R. Diner - The Jewish Eye
		In The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 she has written a readable and fascinating account of Jewish life in America.
		The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 is an ideal book for use in college-level general survey courses in Jewish History or as supplemental reading text in American History courses.
		This book helps to put Jewish History in American in context to the overall national history of the country, and to show the various factors that have helped to shape what has long been, and continues to be, a vibrant and diverse conglomeration of Jewish communities throughout the country.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /TJEdiner.html (445 words)

	350th.org
		Marc Angel, The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study (New York: Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture, 1970).
		Leonard Dinnerstein, Antisemitism in the United States (New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1971).
		Efraim Zuroff, The Response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust : the Activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzala Rescue Committee, 1939-1945 (New York Hoboken, N.J.: Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press; Distributed by KTAV Pub.
	www.350th.org /history/bibliography.html (4420 words)

	Open Directory - Society: History: By Region: North America: United States
		Ghost Counties - A listing of counties and parishes in the United States that no longer exist, with an explanation of their demise.
		History of the United States of America - Provides a history of the United States of America from ancient times to the modern era.
		The United States of America Chronology - Covers US History from the Colonial Period, through the Cold War.
	dmoz.org /Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States (1414 words)

	American Jewish History, Exhibits & Library Guides
		General histories are in E 184.35 followed by histories by specific time periods.
		Older books on the history of Jews in the United States (in general) are in the E 184 J5 section.
		Books on Jews in a particular state or region are in the F section (except for Hawaii)
	www.huc.edu /libraries/exhibits/AmJewHist (394 words)

	Amazon.com: They Came for Good - A History of the Jews in the United States - Present at the Creation, 1654-1820: DVD: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Beginning with the arrival of 23 Brazilian Jews who fled persecution and arrived unwelcome at the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam in 1654, the story involves a number of heroic figures who fought for the rights of Jews to own property and practice their religion in the New World.
		Actors in period costume appear as Jews of the time, telling stories derived from diaries and letters of how they managed to mesh in the new country while at the same time keeping to the strict Jewish customs.
		A documentary of the Jewish history during and after the creation of the United states of America.
	www.amazon.com /They-Came-Good-Creation-1654-1820/dp/B00005A1TG (1269 words)

	Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush - A Documentary History, 1849-1880 - Ava Frank Kahn
		The cry of instant wealth was also heard and answered by Jewish communities in Europe and the eastern United States.
		Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush examines the life of California's Jewish community through letters, diaries, memoirs, court and news reports, and photographs, as well as institutional, synagogue, and organizational records.
		This anthology will represent a major contribution to the history of the California Gold Rush as well as the history of Jews in the United States."
	wsupress.wayne.edu /judaica/history/kahnjvcg.htm (220 words)

	By Subject - United States History - Web Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Home page of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, a major resource for information on the natural and cultural history of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.
		Its first major publication, A History of the Chinese in California: A Syllabus has become a classic resource book used by students, historians, educators, and scholars in their research and writing about the Chinese in America.
		The mission of the Korean American Museum is to serve the public by promoting Korean American history and culture, as well as recognizing Korean contributions to America.
	www.lib.washington.edu /subject/USHistory/dr/elweb.html (2249 words)

	350th.org
		In February 1905, Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City and the American Jewish Historical Society begin planning for the organization of the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in North America..
		The year 1905 was chosen to celebrate the 250th anniversary because the document granting the Jews permission to settle in New Amsterdam and explicitly rejecting Governor Peter Stuyvesant’s efforts to expel them, is dated April 26, 1655.
		The planning committee published a pamphlet, “Notes Relating to the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Jews in the United States” and a monograph, History of the Jews in the United States, for individuals interested in reading further about the history of American Jewry.
	www.350th.org /history/r02-2.html (333 words)

	Unit States History
		They can also be oral histories, memoirs, or autobiographies, later recollections of the time by someone who was there.
		Secondary sources are books or articles written about an event or aspects of an event, using primary sources.
		Dig under the floorboards to find old milk bottle tops, a Ouija board, cigarettes, and shoes, or peel through 13 layers of wallpaper that date from the 1870s to the 1930s.
	www.nvo.com /ecnewletter/unitedstateshistory (458 words)

	eBooks.com - The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 eBook
		Since Peter Stuyvesant greeted with enmity the first group of Jews to arrive on the docks of New Amesterdam in 1654, Jews have entwined their fate and fortunes with that of the United States - a project marked by great struggle and great promise.
		Her work documents the major developments of American Judaism - the economic, social, cultural, and political activities of the Jews who immigrated to and settled in America, as well as their descendants - and shows how these grew out of both a Jewish and an American context.
		Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
	www.ebooks.com /ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=223744 (555 words)

	Movie Info for They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Present at the Creation, 1654-1820 on ...
		The first installment in the PBS documentary series They Came for Good: A History of Jews in the United States, this film uses historical reenactments, interviews, and vintage artwork to document the role of Jews in the dawning of American History.
		The film also explores the role of Jewish settlers in the American revolution, and how Jewish traditions were shaped by life in the new nation.
		This film was followed by They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the United States -- Taking Root, 1820-1880.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=79836 (142 words)

	The Education Department :: National Museum of American Jewish History
		Visit the nation's only museum devoted solely to celebrating the history of Jews in the United States.
		The National Museum of American Jewish History offers a range of educational programs related to American Jewish history for students, adults, and seniors.
		All images and text on this website are for viewing only and are not to be downloaded or appropriated for other purposes.
	www.nmajh.org /education (350 words)

	They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880 \| DVDs \| MTV Movies
		They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880
		They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880
		Internal struggles in the Jewish community, like familial decisions to reform or remain conservative, and the divisional effects of the Civil War are also discussed.
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	DVD : They Came for Good - A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DVD : They Came for Good - A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880
		In "Taking Root 1820-1880," the second installment of They Came for Good, a series that aired on PBS, the role of Jews in American history is examined in an informative and entertaining manner.
		In the early days of the new nation, 15,000 Jewish peddlers traveled the roads and were a main method of distribution for goods manufactured in the industrial northeast.
	www.target.com /gp/detail.html?asin=B00005A1TH (164 words)

	7. Specific Topics -- f. Jewish Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Note: When doing subject searches in the UTCAT, there will probably be both primary sources and secondary sources displayed.
		A Documentary History of the Jews in the United States, 1654-1875.
		For more sources on Jews in United States History (or to check on the current status of the titles listed above), access the UT-Austin Libraries Online Catalog.
	www.austincc.edu /history/1301utpubsrcs7f.html (181 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880 : Main
		VH1.com : Movies : They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880 : Main
		The two-part PBS miniseries They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the United States...
		The two-part PBS miniseries They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the United States notes the effects of the influx of Jewish immigrants to America, as well as the development of Jewish heritage within the country after immigration.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/192349/moviemain.jhtml (119 words)

	Comedy Central: Movies - Mason Adams
		Bio:Mason Adams was once described by a colleague as having a "non-actor's face." This has hardly hampered Adams' professional success, which has hinged almost exclusively on his instantly recognizable vo...
		2001,They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Present at the Creation, 1654-1820
		2001,They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880
	www.comedycentral.com /movies/person/268/personmain.jhtml (149 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003012766 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Publisher description for The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 / Hasia R. Diner.
		Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
		Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Jews United States History, United States Ethnic relations
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/ucal051/2003012766.html (285 words)

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