History of the Jews in the Southern United States
Americans of Jewish ethnicity or faith have inhabited the Southern United States and have so for centuries.[1]
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Southern United States | |
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Jews, American Jews, Sephardic Jews |
History
The first Jew who arrived in what is now the United States was Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva, a Portuguese-born Spanish conquistador and alleged slave trader[2], who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas. For years, up until the mid-1800s, the largest Jewish community on the North American continent was in Charleston, South Carolina.
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See also
- History of the Jews in Charleston, South Carolina
- History of the Jews in southern Florida
Footnotes
- Hawes, Jennifer. "Unique culture of Southern Jews". Post and Courier. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- "CARVAJAL Y DE LA CUEVA, LUIS DE". TSHA. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
Further reading
- Paul Berger, "Defying Stereotypes, Jewish Life in the South is Flourishing," The Forward, Nov. 10, 2015.
- Eli N. Evans, The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South. New York: Antheneum, 1973. —Multiple reprints.
- Marcie Ferris, Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2006.
- Jack Nelson, Terror in the Night: The Klan’s Campaign Against the Jews. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
- Leo E. Turitz and Evelyn Turitz, Jews in Early Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.
- Stuart Rockoff, "Jews in Mississippi," Mississippi History Now, mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/
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