{"product_id":"the-chosen-folks-jews-on-the-frontiers-of-texas-by-bryan-edward-stone","title":"The Chosen Folks Jews on the Frontiers of Texas by Bryan Edward Stone","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px; font-family: adelle-regular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTexas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eThe Chosen Folks\u003c\/em\u003e brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px; font-family: adelle-regular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eDrawing on previously unpublished archival materials and synthesizing earlier research, Bryan Edward Stone begins with the crypto-Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition in the late sixteenth century and then discusses the unique Texas-Jewish communities that flourished far from the acknowledged centers of Jewish history and culture. The effects of this peripheral identity are explored in depth, from the days when geographic distance created physical divides to the redefinitions of \"frontier\" that marked the twentieth century. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of Israel in the wake of the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement are covered as well, raising provocative questions about the attributes that enabled Texas Jews to forge a distinctive identity on the national and world stage. Brimming with memorable narratives, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eThe Chosen Folks\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life a cast of vibrant pioneers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px; font-family: adelle-regular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.23px;\"\u003eBryan Edward Stone is an Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a variety of articles on Texas Jewry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: adelle-regular, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003ePrologue: Rope Walker, A True Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 1. \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eLos Judíos en la Frontera\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 2. A \"Wild Indian Region\": At Home on the Frontier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 3. The Possum and the Zionist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 4. Texas News for Texas Jews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 5. Texas Jews and the Ku Klux Klan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 6. Traditional Judaism and the Beth Israel Revolt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 7. Texas Jews Respond to the World Crises of the 1940s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 8. \"Are You Going to Serve Us?\": Texas Jews and the Black Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eChapter 9. Interior Frontiers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439833518245,"sku":"978-0292728974","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-0292728974.jpg?v=1725094082","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-chosen-folks-jews-on-the-frontiers-of-texas-by-bryan-edward-stone","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}