The Workingman and the Synagogue (Classic Reprint)

Rabbi Solomon Foster

ISBN 10: 1330177363 / ISBN 13: 9781330177365

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the relationship between Judaism and the working class before the turn of the 20th century in the United States. Particularly focusing on the role of the synagogue amidst the new societal challenges and industrial landscape of the era, the author explores the complex and often strained connection between working-class Jewish immigrants and their religious communities. The author presents historical context and analysis to shed light on the factors contributing to both the estrangement and loyalty of the working class toward the synagogue. This detailed examination aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the historical relationship between Judaism, immigration, and the evolving social and economic conditions of the time. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: The Workingman and the Synagogue (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1330177363
• ISBN 13: 9781330177365
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Judaism

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Excerpt from The Workingman and the Synagogue

The difficulty of determining the limitations of the subject soon presented itself, for it was found that men who might properly be recorded as workingmen one day would be raised from a low estate and transformed over night into merchant princes and great manufacturers. Because it was impossible to differentiate between the body of permanent workers and thelarger body of workers, many of whom are in the transitional stage of preparation for positions as merchants and professional men, it seemed best to follow a good Old Jewish practice of leaving indefinite what can not be defined.

The study of the Jewish workingman disclosed the further fact that the workingmen are almost exclusively recruited from the recent immigrants, for with an almost negligible exception, it is stated that the Jewish immigrants of a past generation are themselves employers of labor, a fact which is not a fruit less cause of much bitterness on the part of the employe, who in the native town in Russia was recognized as far superior to the man who, by the change of fortune, is the employer in America.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.