B'nai B'rith; the story of a covenant,

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Grusd, Edward E., 1904-
Edition:[1st ed.].
Imprint:New York, Appleton-Century [1966]
Description:xix, 315 pages 21 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2022386
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Notes:Also issued online.
Summary:History and achievements of a Jewish service organization since its founding in New York City in 1843.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The background
  • 2. The very beginning
  • 3. 1844-1851: the quiet years
  • 4. The significant year 1851
  • 5. Growth and struggle in the 1850s
  • 6. The civil war and the 1860's
  • 7. The 1870's: preparation for bigger thinsg
  • 8. The 1880's: crisis and triumph
  • 9. The 1890's and the doldrums
  • 10. New century, new issues
  • 11. 1910-1915: historic events
  • 12. 1915-1920: war and peace
  • 13. 1920-1925: birth of the youth agencies
  • 14. 1925-1933: the slide toward catastrophe
  • 15. 1933-1938: the early Nazi
  • 16. 1938-1941: Henry Monsky opens the throttle
  • 17. The 1940's: a historic decade
  • 18. 1950-1953: rise in activity, decline in size
  • 19. 1953-1959: one achievement after another
  • 20. The 1960's, and new challenges
  • 21. Past, present, and future.