Forged in America : how Irish-Jewish encounters shaped a nation / edited by Harisa R. Diner and Miriam Nyhan Grey.

Other author Diner, Hasia R., editor.
Other author Nyhan Grey, Miriam, editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxviii, 269 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title How Irish-Jewish encounters shaped a nation
SeriesThe Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history
Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history. ^A1092506
Contents A singular encounter : Irish and Jews in their American home / Hasia Diner -- The right to choose : the public health and birth control movements of Lillian Wald and Margaret Sanger / Hannah Greene -- "Tammany's chosen people" : how the Irish Courted the Jewish vote in Progressive Era New York / Terry Golway -- Jews, Paul O'Dwyer, and a New York life / Robert W. Snyder -- Defending literary genius : James Joyce's "Ulysses" on trial / Brett Gary -- Laughter and love between the Irish and the Jews / James R. Barrett -- Irish-Jewish couples in American film and television / Lawrence Baron -- Playing the nation : constructing cultural revivals in the Irish and Jewish diaspora / Dan Lanier-Vos -- The Irish, the Jews and Wilson's 'self-determination' / Marion R. Casey -- A tradition of acceptance : Jews and their basketball players at an Irish Catholic college / Jeffrey S. Gurock.
Abstract "Irish and Jews met each other in urban America and in the process transformed each other and the nation as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Forged in America. New York, New York : New York University Press, [2023] 1479826103
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022059272
ISBN9781479826070
ISBN9781479826063 hardcover
ISBN1479826065 hardcover
ISBN1479826073 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book other

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