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The Civil War Diary of Clara Solomon: Growing up in New Orleans
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Gender and Women’s History
The Civil War
Ashkenazi, Elliot
.
The Civil War Diary of Clara Solomon: Growing up in New Orleans
. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1995.
The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
The Civil War
Ashkenazi, Elliot
.
The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875
. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1988.
The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
The Civil War
Ashkenazi, Elliot
.
The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875
. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1988.
The 'Typical Home Kid Overachievers': Instilling a Success Ethic in the Jewish Children's Home of New Orleans
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
Political and Civic Life
Besmann, Wendy
.
"
The 'Typical Home Kid Overachievers': Instilling a Success Ethic in the Jewish Children's Home of New Orleans
."
Southern Jewish History
8 (2005): 120-159.
Mercy on Rude Streams: Jewish Emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine to the lower Mississippi Region and the Concept of Fidelity
Louisiana
Mississippi
Migration and Immigration
Bloch, Anny
.
"
Mercy on Rude Streams: Jewish Emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine to the lower Mississippi Region and the Concept of Fidelity
."
Southern Jewish History
2 (1999): 81-110.
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Butler, Pierce
.
Judah P. Benjamin
. Philadelphia: W.G. Jacobs and Co., 1907.
The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Business, Professions and Economics
Political and Civic Life
Cohen, Rich
.
The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012.
Judah P. Benjamin, the Jewish Confederate
Louisiana
Virginia
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Evans, Eli
.
Judah P. Benjamin, the Jewish Confederate
. New York: Free Press, 1988.
A Social and Economic Study of the New Orleans Jewish Community
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
Feibelman, Julian
.
A Social and Economic Study of the New Orleans Jewish Community
. Vol. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1941.
Jews and the New Orleans Economic and Social Elites
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Fishman, Walda Katz
.
"
Jews and the New Orleans Economic and Social Elites
."
Jewish Social Studies
44, no. Summer-Fall (1982): 291-297.
A Tale of Two Communities: The Growth and Decline of Small Town Jewish Communities in Northern Ontario and Southwestern Louisiana
Louisiana
Gold, Gerald
.
"
A Tale of Two Communities: The Growth and Decline of Small Town Jewish Communities in Northern Ontario and Southwestern Louisiana
." In
The Jews of North America
, 224-234. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987.
Wings Toward the South: The First Hundred Years of Congregation Agudath Achim, Shreveport
Louisiana
Religious Life
Gross, Susan
.
Wings Toward the South: The First Hundred Years of Congregation Agudath Achim, Shreveport
. Shreveport: Congregation Agudath Achim, 1999.
Judah Philip Benjamin
Louisiana
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Gruss, Louis
.
"
Judah Philip Benjamin
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
19, no. October (1936): 964-1068.
Days of Building: History of a Jewish Community: Shreveport, Louisiana
Louisiana
Religious Life
Hewitt, Louise Matthews
.
Days of Building: History of a Jewish Community: Shreveport, Louisiana
. Shreveport: Jewish History Committee of Shreveport, 1965.
Fourscore and Eleven: A History of the Jews of Rapides Parish, 1828-1919
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Religious Life
Hinchin, Martin
.
Fourscore and Eleven: A History of the Jews of Rapides Parish, 1828-1919
. Alexandria, LA: privately published, 1984.
The Impact of German Immigration on New Orleans Architecture
Louisiana
Political and Civic Life
Irvin, Hilary S.
.
"
The Impact of German Immigration on New Orleans Architecture
."
Louisiana History
27 (1986): 375-406.
Judah Philip Benjamin
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Kaplan, Benjamin
.
"
Judah Philip Benjamin
." In
Jews in the South
, 75-88. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1973.
The Eternal Stranger: a Study of Jewish Life in the Small Community
Louisiana
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Kaplan, Benjamin
.
The Eternal Stranger: a Study of Jewish Life in the Small Community
. New York: Bookman Associates, 1957.
Judah P. Benjamin: Statesman and Jurist
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Kohler, Max
.
"
Judah P. Benjamin: Statesman and Jurist
."
Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society
12 (1904): 63-85.
The Early Jews of New Orleans
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Korn, Bertram
.
The Early Jews of New Orleans
. Waltham, MA: American Jewish Historical Society, 1969.
Judah P. Benjamin as a Jew
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Korn, Bertram
.
"
Judah P. Benjamin as a Jew
."
Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society
38, no. September (1948): 153-171.
Rabbi Bernard Illowy: Counter Reformer
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Religious Life
The Civil War
Lachoff, Irwin
.
"
Rabbi Bernard Illowy: Counter Reformer
."
Southern Jewish History
5 (2002): 43-67.
James K. Gutheim as Southern Reform Rabbi, Community Leader, and Symbol
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
Religious Life
Langston, Scott
.
"
James K. Gutheim as Southern Reform Rabbi, Community Leader, and Symbol
."
Southern Jewish History
5 (2002): 69-102.
Interaction and Identity: Jews and Christians in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
Louisiana
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Langston, Scott
.
"
Interaction and Identity: Jews and Christians in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
."
Southern Jewish History
3 (2000): 83-124.
Ruth and Rosalie: Two Tales of Jewish New Orleans
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Gender and Women’s History
Malone, Bobbie
.
"
Ruth and Rosalie: Two Tales of Jewish New Orleans
."
Southern Jewish History
1 (1998): 121-133.
Rabbi Max Heller: Reformer, Zionist, Southerner
Louisiana
African American – Jewish Relations
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
Religious Life
Malone, Bobbie
.
Rabbi Max Heller: Reformer, Zionist, Southerner
. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997.
New Orleans' Uptown Jewish Immigrants: The Community of Congregation Gates of Prayer, 1850-1860
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Religious Life
Malone, Bobbie
.
"
New Orleans' Uptown Jewish Immigrants: The Community of Congregation Gates of Prayer, 1850-1860
."
Louisiana History
32, no. Summer (1991): 239-278.
Time's Tapestry: Four Generations of a New Orleans Family
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Marks, Leta Weiss
.
Time's Tapestry: Four Generations of a New Orleans Family
. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1997.
The Levys of New Orleans: An Old Myth and a New Problem
Louisiana
McDavid, Raven
, and
Samuel R. Levin
.
"
The Levys of New Orleans: An Old Myth and a New Problem
."
Names
12, no. June (1964): 82-88.
Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Meade, Robert Douthat
.
Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman
. London: Oxford University Press, 1943.
The Texel Affair
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Political and Civic Life
Nasatir, A. P.
, and
Leo Shpall
.
"
The Texel Affair
."
American Jewish Historical Quarterly
53, no. September (1963): 3-43.
Judah Benjamin: Mystery Man of the Confederacy
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Neiman, S. I.
.
Judah Benjamin: Mystery Man of the Confederacy
. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1963.
Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust and David Duke's Louisiana
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Gender and Women’s History
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Political and Civic Life
Powell, Lawrence
.
Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust and David Duke's Louisiana
. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
When Hate Came to Town: New Orleans' Jews and George Lincoln Rockwell
Louisiana
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Powell, Lawrence
.
"
When Hate Came to Town: New Orleans' Jews and George Lincoln Rockwell
."
American Jewish History
85, no. 4 (1997).
Jewish Life in New Orleans, 1718-1860
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Proctor, Samuel
.
"
Jewish Life in New Orleans, 1718-1860
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
40 (1957): 110-132.
The New Orleans Jewish Community
Louisiana
Reismann, Leonard
.
"
The New Orleans Jewish Community
." In
Jews in the South
, 288-304. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1973.
Portrait from a Family Archive: Leon Dreyfus
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Rostenberg, Leona
.
"
Portrait from a Family Archive: Leon Dreyfus
."
Manuscripts
37 (1985): 283-294.
Sicily Island and Rishon Le-Zion: A Comparative Analysis
Louisiana
Migration and Immigration
Shilo, Margalit
.
"
Sicily Island and Rishon Le-Zion: A Comparative Analysis
."
American Jewish Archives
47 (1995): 182-212.
Early Jewish Philanthropy in Louisiana
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Shpall, Leo
.
"
Early Jewish Philanthropy in Louisiana
."
Jewish Forum
38 (Submitted): 14, 52, 114-115.
Adah Isaacs Menken
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Gender and Women’s History
Religious Life
The Civil War
Shpall, Leo
.
"
Adah Isaacs Menken
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
26, no. January - October (1943): 162-168.
Rabbi James Koppel Guttheim [sic]
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Religious Life
The Civil War
Shpall, Leo
.
"
Rabbi James Koppel Guttheim [sic]
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
22, no. January (1939): 166-180.
The First Synagogue in Louisiana
Louisiana
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Religious Life
Shpall, Leo
.
"
The First Synagogue in Louisiana
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
21, no. April (1938): 518-531.
A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Louisiana
Louisiana
Migration and Immigration
Shpall, Leo
.
"
A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Louisiana
."
Louisiana Historical Quarterly
20, no. July (1937): 821-831.
The Jews in Louisiana
Louisiana
Shpall, Leo
.
The Jews in Louisiana
. New Orleans: Steeg Print. & Pub. Co., 1936.
Jews of New Orleans: An Archival Guide
Louisiana
Simons, Andrew
,
Irwin Lachoff
, and
Lester Sullivan
.
Jews of New Orleans: An Archival Guide
. New Orleans: Greater New Orleans Archivists, 1998.
We Were Merchants: The Sternberg Family and the Story of Godchaux's and Maison Blance Department Stores
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Business, Professions and Economics
Sternberg, Hans
, and
James Shelledy
.
We Were Merchants: The Sternberg Family and the Story of Godchaux's and Maison Blance Department Stores
. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2009.
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Tedlow, Richard
.
"
Judah P. Benjamin
." In
Turn to the South
, 44-54. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1979.
Journeys of an Immigrant Violinist: Jacques Oliveira in Civil War-Era New York and New Orleans
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Migration and Immigration
The Civil War
Thompson, Brian C.
.
"
Journeys of an Immigrant Violinist: Jacques Oliveira in Civil War-Era New York and New Orleans
."
Journal of the Society for American Music
6, no. 1 (2012): 51-82.
Leon Godchaux and the Godchaux Business Enterprise
Louisiana
Business, Professions and Economics
Wall, Bennett
.
"
Leon Godchaux and the Godchaux Business Enterprise
."
American Jewish Historical Quarterly
66, no. September (1976): 50-66.
The Hermans of New Orleans: A Family in History
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Business, Professions and Economics
Whitfield, Stephen
.
"
The Hermans of New Orleans: A Family in History
."
Southern Jewish History
13 (2010): 153-213.
Anti-Semitism and Shreveport, Louisiana: The Situation in the 1920s
Louisiana
Jewish – Christian Relations and Antisemitism
Williams, Beverly
.
"
Anti-Semitism and Shreveport, Louisiana: The Situation in the 1920s
."
Louisiana History
21, no. Fall (1980): 387-398.
Judah P. Benjamin and Slavery
Louisiana
African American – Jewish Relations
Colonial and Antebellum Periods
Political and Civic Life
The Civil War
Wiseman, Maury
.
"
Judah P. Benjamin and Slavery
."
American Jewish Archives
59 (2007): 107-114.
Reform Judaism's Pioneer Zionist: Maximilian Heller
Louisiana
Biographies, Diaries, Memoirs, Family Histories
Religious Life
Zola, Gary
.
"
Reform Judaism's Pioneer Zionist: Maximilian Heller
."
American Jewish History
73, no. June (1984): 375-397.
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