Corner of the Tapestry: a History of the Jewish Experience in Ar 1820s-1990s (c)University of Arkansas Press, 1994 - 697 pages |
Contents
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Strengthening the Threads 1930s1950s The Arkansas Jewish Assembly Years | 307 |
THE ARKANSAS KEHILLAH 1930s | 309 |
WORLD WAR II THE PERSPECTIVE CHANGES 1940s | 331 |
The Warp and the Woof 1940s1990s Merging of German and East European | 345 |
INTRODUCTION | 347 |
CONGREGATIONAL HISTORIES | 351 |
CENTRAL ARKANSAS | 373 |
EASTERN ARKANSAS | 415 |
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GERMAN MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS | 103 |
GERMAN MIGRATION IN EASTERN ARKANSAS | 149 |
GERMAN MIGRATION IN WESTERN ARKANSAS | 195 |
EAST EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS | 229 |
EAST EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN EASTERN ARKANSAS | 251 |
EAST EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN WESTERN ARKANSAS | 287 |
WESTERN ARKANSAS | 443 |
EPILOGUE | 463 |
NOTES | 465 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 551 |
INDEX | 571 |
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