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History of the Jews in the Southern United States
Regions with significant populations
Southern United States
Religion
Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Jews, American Jews, Sephardic Jews

Americans of Jewish ethnicity or faith have inhabited the Southern United States and have so for centuries.[1]

History

The first Jew who arrived in what is now the United States was Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva, a Portuguese-born Spanish conquistador and alleged slave trader[2], who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas. For years, up until the mid-1800s, the largest Jewish community on the North American continent was in Charleston, South Carolina.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hawes, Jennifer. "Unique culture of Southern Jews". Post and Courier. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ "CARVAJAL Y DE LA CUEVA, LUIS DE". TSHA. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

Further reading

  • Paul Berger, "Defying Stereotypes, Jewish Life in the South is Flourishing," The Forward, Nov. 10, 2015.
  • Eli N. Evans, The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South. New York: Antheneum, 1973. —Multiple reprints.
  • Marcie Ferris, Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2006.
  • Jack Nelson, Terror in the Night: The Klan’s Campaign Against the Jews. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
  • Leo E. Turitz and Evelyn Turitz, Jews in Early Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.
  • Stuart Rockoff, "Jews in Mississippi," Mississippi History Now, mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/

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