Jewish race and German soul : a re-evaluation of ethnic identity among Cincinnati's German Jewish immigrants, 1830-1880 : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

Though many historians have studied the wave of German Jewish immigration that occurred during the nineteenth century, only a few, including Naomi Cohen and Stanley Nadel, have addressed the impact of German culture in the lives of German Jews. The study by Cohen is concise but much too brief, while the article written by Nadel is far too extreme. Nadel argues that the German Jews were Jewish only by nature, and German at heart. This thesis studies nineteenth-century Cincinnati in an effort to prove that, in reality, German Jews were a delicate mixtureHonors CollegeBall State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306