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- Title
Jews, Freemasons and Religious Accomodation: Rhode Island's Redwood Lodge and the Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David.
- Authors
AFSAI, SHAI
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of nineteenth-century Moderate Reform Jewish settlement in Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In the post-Civil War period, Jewish populations rose from less than fifty to over five hundred, primarily immigrants from Germany. The Sons of Israel and David congregation shifted from Orthodox to Moderate Reform doctrines in 1877. German-American Jews were active in their process of Americanization and joined local fraternal organizations such as the Freemasons, particularly Redwood Lodge No. 25 of Providence. Other topics explored include religious accommodation, American Freemasons in the nineteenth century, and cosmopolitanism.
- Subjects
RHODE Island; AMERICAN Jewish history; REFORM Judaism; FREEMASONS; FREEMASONRY; AMERICAN Jews; GERMAN Americans; AMERICANIZATION; ASSIMILATION (Sociology); RHODE Island state history; NINETEENTH century; RELIGION
- Publication
Rhode Island History, 2013, Vol 71, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0035-4619
- Publication type
Article