{"product_id":"that-pride-of-race-and-character-9781479854530","title":"That Pride of Race and Character","description":"\u003cp\u003e“It\u003cbr\u003ehas ever been the boast of the Jewish people, that they support their own poor,”\u003cbr\u003edeclared Kentucky attorney Benjamin Franklin Jonas in 1856. “Their reasons are\u003cbr\u003epartly founded in religious necessity, and partly in that pride of race and\u003cbr\u003echaracter which has supported them through so many ages of trial and\u003cbr\u003evicissitude.” In That Pride of Race and\u003cbr\u003eCharacter, Caroline E. Light examines the American Jewish tradition of\u003cbr\u003ebenevolence and charity and explores its southern roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight provides a critical analysis of\u003cbr\u003ebenevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing\u003cbr\u003ehow a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined\u003cbr\u003epressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern\u003cbr\u003eEuropean immigration. In an effort to combat the voices of anti-Semitism and\u003cbr\u003enativism, established Jewish leaders developed a sophisticated and cutting-edge\u003cbr\u003enetwork of charities in the South to ensure that Jews took care of those\u003cbr\u003econsidered “their own” while also proving themselves to be exemplary white\u003cbr\u003ecitizens. Drawing from confidential case files and institutional records from\u003cbr\u003evarious southern Jewish charities, the book relates how southern Jewish leaders\u003cbr\u003eand their immigrant clients negotiated the complexities of “fitting in” in a\u003cbr\u003eplace and time of significant socio-political turbulence. Ultimately, the\u003cbr\u003esouthern Jewish call to benevolence bore the particular imprint of the region’s\u003cbr\u003eracial mores and left behind a rich legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline E. Light","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274438258939,"sku":"9781479854530","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_52490340-f658-4b38-a97c-15ddeeb49ed6.jpg?v=1771077290","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/that-pride-of-race-and-character-9781479854530","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}