The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781640126541ISBN-10:1640126546UPC:9781640126541Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, JewishBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC9BHC60G8
The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906: Antisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in the Public Schools
Today's battles over Christianity in U.S. public schools have deep roots. In the nineteenth century it was an intramural struggle between Protestants and later-arriving Catholics. But at Christmastime in 1905, when Frank Harding, the Presbyterian principal of a Brooklyn elementary school, urged his Jewish students to be more like Jesus, the Jewish community entered the fray in a big way. It was...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781640126541ISBN-10:1640126546UPC:9781640126541Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, JewishBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC9BHC60G8
Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the national award-winning author of numerous books, including The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot (Potomac Books, 2024) and The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac Books, 2020).
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