The Provincials

First published in 1973 and updated in 1997, this was one of the first books to survey the history and contributions of Jews in the South. No other book on this subject combines elements of memoir and history in such a compelling way. This edition includes a gallery of more than two dozen family and historical photographs as well as a new introduction by the author.

Foreword by Willie Morris

ix

Introduction: Coming Home

xi

The Beginning

xix

I. TOBACCO TOWN JEWS

One. An Inconsequential Town

3

(17)

Two. Growing Up in the Family Store

20

(17)

II. THE IMMIGRANTS

Three. To Be an American

37

(11)

Four. Tobias: Nine Generations in Charleston

48

(11)

Five. The Jewish Confederates Face Reconstruction

59

(11)

Six. The Lonely Days Were Sundays

70

(19)

III. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CONFORMITY

Seven. Kosher Grits

89

(7)

Eight. Zionism in the South

96

(13)

Nine. "Miz Evans" and Mister Mayor

109

(8)

Ten. "Jesus Loves Me"

117

(22)

IV. COMING OF AGE

Eleven. Mister Jew

139

(21)

Twelve. Intermarriage Southern Style

160

(8)

Thirteen. Big Wheel on Campus

168

(19)

V. DISCRIMINATION

Fourteen. Anti-Semitism in the South

187

(11)

Fifteen. New Orleans-the Velvet Rut

198

(18)

Sixteen. The Burned-Out Cross of the Klan

216

(9)

Seventeen. The Jewish Mayor of Atlanta

225

(30)

VI. JEWS AND BLACKS

Eighteen. The Maids and Black Jesus

255

(8)

Nineteen. Israelites and the Ex-Slaves

263

(11)

Twenty. Southern Jews in Crisis

274

(17)

Twenty-One. Atlanta: The Great Jewish City of the Twenty-First Century

291

(31)

Twenty-Two. The Call from Home

322

(12)

Twenty-Three. The Nachamson Homecoming Reunion

334

(8)

Twenty-Four. Farewell, Mister Mayor

342

(17)

Twenty-Five. Epilogue: Looking Ahead

359

(4)

Appendix A. Jews Elected to Office in the South, 1800-1920

363

(3)

Appendix B. Jews Elected to Public Office in the South, 1945-1973

366

(4)

Appendix C. Shifts in Jewish Population in Southern States, 1937-2000

370

(1)

Acknowledgments

371

(4)

Index

375

(18)

About the Author

393

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