Jews and Booze : : Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition /

Jews and Booze : : Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition / / Marni Davis.

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Finalist, 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature from the Jewish Book CouncilFrom kosher wine to their ties to the liquor trade in Europe, Jews have a longstanding historical relationship with alcohol. But once prohibition hit America, American Jews were forced to choose between abandoning their...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Davis, Marni,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History ; 2
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Alcohol and Acculturation
  • 1. Setting up Shop
  • 2. “Do as We Israelites Do”
  • Part II. Alcohol and Anti-Semitism
  • 3. Kosher Wine and Jewish Saloons
  • 4. An “Unscrupulous Jewish Type of Mind”
  • Part III. Jews and the Prohibition Era
  • 5. Rabbis and Other Bootleggers
  • 6. “The Law of the Land Is the Law”
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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