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100 1 _aMirelman, VĂ­ctor A.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aJewish Buenos Aires, 1890-1939
_bIn Search of an Identity /
_cVictor A. Mirelman.
264 1 _bProject Muse,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (unpaged) :
_billustrations
500 _aOriginally published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1990].
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aVictor Mirelman, in his study of the greatest concentration of Latin American Jewry, examines the changing facade of the Argentinean Jewish community from the beginning of mass Jewish immigration in 1890 to its decline in 1930. During this period, Jews arrived from Russia, Poland, Romania, Syria, Turkey and Morocco Each group founded its own synagogues. mutual help organizations. hospitals. cultural associations. and newspapers of particular vitality was the Yiddish press and the Yiddish theatre. Jewish immigrants were also especially active politically. particularly in the Socialist Party and in the workers' unions. Based on research in the Argentine archives. Jewish Buenos Aires, 1890-1930 describes the immigration and settlement process. studies the first generation of Argentine-born Jews. and provides an understanding of assimilation and acculturation. Mirelman discusses the religious life of the community differentiating between the Ashkenazim and the various Sephardic groups and devotes chapters to Zionism, to Jewish culture in Yiddish. Hebrew. and Spanish. to education; and to social action Issues that created conflict and friction are analyzed in detail.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aJews
_zArgentina
_zBuenos Aires
_xHistory.
651 0 _aBuenos Aires (Argentina)
_xEthnic relations.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780814344576
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/61492/
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