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Author
Marni Davis
Book Title
Jews and Booze
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EAN
9781479882441
Publication Name
Jews and Booze : Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1479882445
ISBN
9781479882441
Publisher
New York University Press
Genre
Society & Culture
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Title
Jews and Booze
Subtitle
Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition
Topic
Business & Finance
Release Date
01/01/2014
Release Year
2014
Series
Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Ser.
Subject Area
Law, Business & Economics, History
Subject
United States / 20th Century, General, Industries / Food Industry, Jewish
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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Finalist, 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature from the Jewish Book Council From kosher wine to their ties to the liquor trade in Europe, Jews have a longstanding historical relationship with alcohol. But once prohibition hit America, American Jews were forced to choose between abandoning their historical connection to alcohol and remaining outside the American mainstream. In Jews and Booze, Marni Davis examines American Jews' long and complicated relationship to alcohol during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the years of the national prohibition movement's rise and fall. Bringing to bear an extensive range of archival materials, Davis offers a novel perspective on a previously unstudied area of American Jewish economic activity--the making and selling of liquor, wine, and beer--and reveals that alcohol commerce played a crucial role in Jewish immigrant acculturation and the growth of Jewish communities in the United States. But prohibition's triumph cast a pall on American Jews' history in the alcohol trade, forcing them to revise, clarify, and defend their communal and civic identities, both to their fellow Americans and to themselves.

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New York University Press
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1479882445
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9781479882441
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Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Jews and Booze : Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition
Publication Year
2014
Subject
United States / 20th Century, General, Industries / Food Industry, Jewish
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Business & Economics, History
Author
Marni Davis
Series
Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.6 in
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12 Oz
Item Length
9 in
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"Focusing on America's late-nineteenth-century temperance movement and the passage into law of the Eighteenth Amendment establishing Prohibition in 1919, Davis illuminates the dilemma facing many American Jews of the time: the desire to maintain traditions often livelihoods or to assimilate further into mainstream society...Jews and Booze is an academic text, without a strong narrative or a central character. A couple of repetitions, like the noxious quote from Henry Ford "the Jews are on the side of liquor and always have been" slow things down occasionally, but there are enough interesting anecdotes, facts and figures in the charming history to make the reader thirsty for another round."-Evan Rail, Times Literary Supplement, "[This reviewer] has always been amazed at the ability of academics to take inherently interesting subjects, like TV and sex, and make them incredibly boring. Davis manages to avoid this, producing an account which is at once both highly readable and yet still approaches the subject in a sophisticated manner." - Heeb Magazine, "In her debut, Davis suggests that anti-Semitism and Prohibition were parallel expressions of political disquiet during the turn of the last century...A fascinating, nuanced social history." - Kirkus, "In this groundbreaking study, Davis deftly blends social and cultural history to uncover the important role American Jews played in the liquor trade, and the hostilities they elicited. In recovering this nearly forgotten past,Jews and Boozeprovides a prism through which to view the difficulties of Americanization." -Tony Michels,author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, "In her debut, Davis suggests that anti-Semitism and Prohibition were parallel expressions of political disquiet during the turn of the last century . . . A fascinating, nuanced social history." - Kirkus, "A pioneering study of Jews and the American trade in alcohol from entrepreneurial 19th century immigrants through 20th century battles over prohibition.  Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive, this will long stand as the definitive study of Jews, booze, and evolving American taboos." -Jonathan D. Sarna,author of American Judaism: A History, Davis has succeeded in depicting the trials and tribulations of many Jewish immigrants as they adapted to life in the U.S., The best kind of historysurprising, authoritative, and written with both acuity and charm. I loved this book., Imaginatively conceived, fiercely researched, beautifully written, Jews and Booze is welcome news indeed. A very talented and promising historian has shown how a contentious slice of the American Jewish past can remain important to today's readersand has made a particular conflict between Protestant moralism and ethnic habits her own, "Marni Davis had me with the title of her book, Jews and Booze. But the book itself, an academic monograph that is also highly readable, is an eye-opener."- Jewish Journal, In this groundbreaking study, Davis deftly blends social and cultural history to uncover the important role American Jews played in the liquor trade, and the hostilities they elicited. In recovering this nearly forgotten past, Jews and Booze provides a prism through which to view the difficulties of Americanization., "This fascinating, academically sophisticated, and superbly written exposition of the intricate, often precarious, role that Jews played in every aspect of the American alcohol industry-from production in industrial stills to retail sale in bars and speakeasies across the land, and finally to bootlegging, a crime that created the fortunes of some of North America's most prominent Jewish philanthropic families-turns out to be a wonderful historical companion to HBO's most explosive series since The Sopranos and to the recent PBS airing of Ken Burns' documentary Prohibition.   More important, Jews and Booze is a major contribution to the economic history of the Jews in the United States. The book also offers an original and rich exposition of the social and political importance of alcohol-particularly the puritanical fear and loathing of it-in the development of anti-immigration and anti-Semitic sentiments in late 19th- and early 20th-century America." - Tablet Magazine, Jews and Booze tells many important stories and recognizes the diversity and complexity of American Jewish experience., "The best kind of history-surprising, authoritative, and written with both acuity and charm. I loved this book."-Daniel Okrent,author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, [This reviewer] has always been amazed at the ability of academics to take inherently interesting subjects, like TV and sex, and make them incredibly boring. Davis manages to avoid this, producing an account which is at once both highly readable and yet still approaches the subject in a sophisticated manner., "Davis has significantly enhanced our understanding of Jewish acculturation in the United States."- Journal of American Ethnic History, "This is an excellent book. Davis crafted a complex and sophisticated narrative, weaving a variety of themes together into an argumentative arc that demonstrates the complex relationships between prohibition and the development of three generations in American Jewish life."- Journal of American History, "A pioneering study of Jews and the American trade in alcohol from entrepreneurial 19th century immigrants through 20th century battles over prohibition. Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive, this will long stand as the definitive study of Jews, booze, and evolving American taboos." -Jonathan D. Sarna,author of American Judaism: A History, "Jews and Booze tells many important stories and recognizes the diversity and complexity of American Jewish experience."-Wendy Bergoffen, H-Net Reviews, It was probably inevitable that someone had to ask if Prohibition was good for the Jews. Sure enough, Marni Davis has come along not only to raise the question but also to provide intriguing answers inJews and Booze., "A comprehensive look at a little-discussed historical subject that can't help but have a spring in its step."-Jenny Hendrix, Forward, "It was probably inevitable that someone had to ask if Prohibition was good for the Jews. Sure enough, Marni Davis has come along not only to raise the question but also to provide intriguing answers in Jews and Booze." - Moment Magazine, "Using census data and other primary documents, Davis brings to life the stories of Jewish saloon keepers, rabbis, and alcohol producers faced with the temperance movement and increased anti-Semitism. While much has been written about the temperance movement and Prohibition, Davis focuses uniquely on the implications and impact of this period on one ethnic and religious population. Recommended to readers studying aspects of turn-of-the-century immigration or temperance, Prohibition, or Jewish studies."-Karen Okamoto, Library Journal, This fascinating, academically sophisticated, and superbly written exposition of the intricate, often precarious, role that Jews played in every aspect of the American alcohol industryfrom production in industrial stills to retail sale in bars and speakeasies across the land, and finally to bootlegging, a crime that created the fortunes of some of North Americas most prominent Jewish philanthropic familiesturns out to be a wonderful historical companion to HBOs most explosive series since The Sopranos and to the recent PBS airing of Ken Burns documentary Prohibition.More important, Jews and Booze is a major contribution to the economic history of the Jews in the United States. The book also offers an original and rich exposition of the social and political importance of alcoholparticularly the puritanical fear and loathing of itin the development of anti-immigration and anti-Semitic sentiments in late 19th- and early 20th-century America., The book deserves a wide audience for its creative inquiry and suggestive approach to American immigration and ethnic history., Beginning with the mid-nineteenth century, Davis provides a solidly documented study of Jewish participation in the American alcohol industry, and she carefully verifies her stories with specific examples from many sections of the country. Furthermore, she shows that the alcohol industry provided an avenue of acculturation first of German Jewish immigrants and later of Eastern European Jewish immigrants . . . . [I]t presents a solidly researched and well-documented history in a field that has been overlooked by Jewish studies., "Using census data and other primary documents, Davis brings to life the stories of Jewish saloon keepers, rabbis, and alcohol producers faced with the temperance movement and increased anti-Semitism. While much has been written about the temperance movement and Prohibition, Davis focuses uniquely on the implications and impact of this period on one ethnic and religious population. Recommended to readers studying aspects of turn-of-the-century immigration or temperance, Prohibition, or Jewish studies." -Karen Okamoto, Library Journal, "Imaginatively conceived, fiercely researched, beautifully written, Jews and Booze is welcome news indeed. A very talented and promising historian has shown how a contentious slice of the American Jewish past can remain important to today's readers-and has made a particular conflict between Protestant moralism and ethnic habits her own." -Stephen J. Whitfield,author of In Search of American Jewish Culture, Jews and Boozetouches on a most important topicwhat can happen when the challenge of maintaining tradition, on the one hand, fostering entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is greatly heightened . . . this [is a] fascinating work., A comprehensive look at a little-discussed historical subject that can't help but have a spring in its step., Jews and Booze is an excellent piece of academic research on a serious subject, written superbly, which is entertaining, enlightening and engaging., "A pioneering study of Jews and the American trade in alcohol from entrepreneurial 19th century immigrants through 20th century battles over prohibition. Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive, this will long stand as the definitive study of Jews, booze, and evolving American taboos."-Jonathan D. Sarna,author of American Judaism: A History, In her debut, Davis suggests that anti-Semitism and Prohibition were parallel expressions of political disquiet during the turn of the last century . . . A fascinating, nuanced social history., "Davis has succeeded in depicting the trials and tribulations of many Jewish immigrants as they adapted to life in the United States."-Morton I. Teicher, The Jewish Chronicle, "Jews and Booze is an excellent piece of academic research on a serious subject, written superbly, which is entertaining, enlightening and engaging."-Tim Holt, Brewery History, "... a provocative study of Jews' complicated relationship to alcohol and Prohibition in American history." - Publishers Weekly ,, "Beginning with the mid-nineteenth century, Davis provides a solidly documented study of Jewish participation in the American alcohol industry, and she carefully verifies her stories with specific examples from many sections of the country. Furthermore, she shows that the alcohol industry provided an avenue of acculturation first of German Jewish immigrants and later of Eastern European Jewish immigrants....[I]t presents a solidly researched and well-documented history in a field that has been overlooked by Jewish studies." -Kay Goldman, Yearbook of German-American Studies, "Davis's book offers a unique keyhole into the Jewish immigration experience."-David Rosen, Brooklyn Rail, "[This reviewer] has always been amazed at the ability of academics to take inherently interesting subjects, like TV and sex, and make them incredibly boring. Davis manages to avoid this, producing an account which is at once both highly readable and yet still approaches the subject in a sophisticated manner." - Heeb Magazine ,, "In this groundbreaking study, Davis deftly blends social and cultural history to uncover the important role American Jews played in the liquor trade, and the hostilities they elicited. In recovering this nearly forgotten past,Jews and Booze provides a prism through which to view the difficulties of Americanization." -Tony Michels,author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, "Jews and Booze touches on a most important topicwhat can happen when the challenge of maintaining tradition, on the one hand, fostering entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is greatly heightened . . . this [is a] fascinating work."-David Geffen, International Jerusalem Post, "... a provocative study of Jews' complicated relationship to alcohol and Prohibition in American history."- Publishers Weekly "In her debut, Davis suggests that anti-Semitism and Prohibition were parallel expressions of political disquiet during the turn of the last century...A fascinating, nuanced social history."- Kirkus "A pioneering study of Jews and the American trade in alcohol from entrepreneurial 19th century immigrants through 20th century battles over prohibition. Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive, this will long stand as the definitive study of Jews, booze, and evolving American taboos."-Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History "Imaginatively conceived, fiercely researched, beautifully written, Jews and Booze is welcome news indeed. A very talented and promising historian has shown how a contentious slice of the American Jewish past can remain important to today's readers--and has made a particular conflict between Protestant moralism and ethnic habits her own." -Stephen J. Whitfield, author of In Search of American Jewish Culture "In this groundbreaking study, Davis deftly blends social and cultural history to uncover the important role American Jews played in the liquor trade, and the hostilities they elicited. In recovering this nearly forgotten past, Jews and Booze provides a prism through which to view the difficulties of Americanization." -Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, " The book deserves a wide audience for its creative inquiry and suggestive approach to American immigration and ethnic history."- American Historical Review, "[This reviewer] has always been amazed at the ability of academics to take inherently interesting subjects, like TV and sex, and make them incredibly boring. Davis manages to avoid this, producing an account which is at once both highly readable and yet still approaches the subject in a sophisticated manner."- Heeb Magazine, "In this groundbreaking study, Davis deftly blends social and cultural history to uncover the important role American Jews played in the liquor trade, and the hostilities they elicited. In recovering this nearly forgotten past,Jews and Booze provides a prism through which to view the difficulties of Americanization."-Tony Michels,author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York, "In her debut, Davis suggests that anti-Semitism and Prohibition were parallel expressions of political disquiet during the turn of the last century...A fascinating, nuanced social history." - Kirkus ,, In his multilayered book, Davis (Georgia State Univ.) explores the braided nature of the temperance movement, assimilation, ethnicity, immigration, nativism, wartime fervor, and postwar intemperance. The alcohol trade enabled some Jews to acquire economic power and social standing before the Prohibition movement, and the Volstead Act caused more non-Jews to question that very involvement. Jews themselves reacted differently to attempts to restrict or prohibit alcohol, while the perception of Jews held by others underwent transformation as well. In cities like Cincinnati and Louisville, the alcohol industry had proved economically nurturing, affording entrepreneurial opportunities for Jews and allowing for the promotion of institutions such as Hebrew Union College. Toward the close of the 19th century amid mass migration of Jews from czarist Russia, anti-Semitism and discrimination practices heightened. While striving to prove themselves as both Jews and Americans, Jews contested prohibitory measures they considered contrary to American freedom and individualism. Having attained a reputation for moderation regarding alcohol consumption, Jews had to contend with growing associations involving immigration, liquor, and criminality, particularly during the Prohibition era, when Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky helped to found the organized crime syndicate. The perplexity of how to respond to Prohibition only ended when the 'Great Experiment' did., "Every Jew should read Jews and Booze because it touches on a most important topic-what can happen when the challenge of maintaining tradition, on the one hand, and fostering entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is greatly heightened."-David Geffen, Jerusalem Post, "In his multilayered book, Davis (Georgia State Univ.) explores the braided nature of the temperance movement, assimilation, ethnicity, immigration, nativism, wartime fervor, and postwar intemperance. The alcohol trade enabled some Jews to acquire economic power and social standing before the Prohibition movement, and the Volstead Act caused more non-Jews to question that very involvement. Jews themselves reacted differently to attempts to restrict or prohibit alcohol, while the perception of Jews held by others underwent transformation as well. In cities like Cincinnati and Louisville, the alcohol industry had proved economically nurturing, affording entrepreneurial opportunities for Jews and allowing for the promotion of institutions such as Hebrew Union College. Toward the close of the 19th century amid mass migration of Jews from czarist Russia, anti-Semitism and discrimination practices heightened. While striving to prove themselves as both Jews and Americans, Jews contested prohibitory measures they considered contrary to American freedom and individualism. Having attained a reputation for moderation regarding alcohol consumption, Jews had to contend with growing associations involving immigration, liquor, and criminality, particularly during the Prohibition era, when Jewish mobster Meyer Lansky helped to found the organized crime syndicate. The perplexity of how to respond to Prohibition only ended when the 'Great Experiment' did." -R.C. Cottrell, CHOICE, Marni Davis had me with the title of her book, Jews and Booze. But the book itself, an academic monograph that is also highly readable, is an eye-opener., Every Jew should read Jews and Boozebecause it touches on a most important topicwhat can happen when the challenge of maintaining tradition, on the one hand, and fostering entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is greatly heightened., "Beginning with the mid-nineteenth century, Davis provides a solidly documented study of Jewish participation in the American alcohol industry, and she carefully verifies her stories with specific examples from many sections of the country. Furthermore, she shows that the alcohol industry provided an avenue of acculturation first of German Jewish immigrants and later of Eastern European Jewish immigrants . . . . [I]t presents a solidly researched and well-documented history in a field that has been overlooked by Jewish studies." -Kay Goldman, Yearbook of German-American Studies, Using census data and other primary documents, Davis brings to life the stories of Jewish saloon keepers, rabbis, and alcohol producers faced with the temperance movement and increased anti-Semitism. While much has been written about the temperance movement and Prohibition, Davis focuses uniquely on the implications and impact of this period on one ethnic and religious population. Recommended to readers studying aspects of turn-of-the-century immigration or temperance, Prohibition, or Jewish studies., "Imaginatively conceived, fiercely researched, beautifully written,Jews and Boozeis welcome news indeed. A very talented and promising historian has shown how a contentious slice of the American Jewish past can remain important to today's readers-and has made a particular conflict between Protestant moralism and ethnic habits her own." -Stephen J. Whitfield,author of In Search of American Jewish Culture, "Davis has succeeded in depicting the trials and tribulations of many Jewish immigrants as they adapted to life in the U.S."- Buffalo Jewish Review, A pioneering study of Jews and the American trade in alcohol from entrepreneurial 19th century immigrants through 20th century battles over prohibition. Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive, this will long stand as the definitive study of Jews, booze, and evolving American taboos., "This book is an important addition to the literature of cultural conflict in American history."-K. Austin Kerr, American Jewish Archives Journal, "Focusing on America's late-nineteenth-century temperance movement and the passage into law of the Eighteenth Amendment establishing Prohibition in 1919, Davis illuminates the dilemma facing many American Jews of the time: the desire to maintain traditions often livelihoods or to assimilate further into mainstream society . . . Jews and Booze is an academic text, without a strong narrative or a central character. A couple of repetitions, like the noxious quote from Henry Ford "the Jews are on the side of liquor and always have been" slow things down occasionally, but there are enough interesting anecdotes, facts and figures in the charming history to make the reader thirsty for another round."-Evan Rail, Times Literary Supplement, "Davis has significantly enhanced our understanding of Jewish acculturation in the United States"- Journal of American Ethnic History, Focusing on Americas late-nineteenth-century temperance movement and the passage into law of the Eighteenth Amendment establishing Prohibition in 1919, Davis illuminates the dilemma facing many American Jews of the time: the desire to maintain traditions often livelihoods or to assimilate further into mainstream society . . .Jews and Booze is an academic text, without a strong narrative or a central character. A couple of repetitions, like the noxious quote from Henry Ford the Jews are on the side of liquor and always have been slow things down occasionally, but there are enough interesting anecdotes, facts and figures in the charming history to make the reader thirsty for another round., This is an excellent book. Davis crafted a complex and sophisticated narrative, weaving a variety of themes together into an argumentative arc that demonstrates the complex relationships between prohibition and the development of three generations in American Jewish life., "Jews and Booze touches on a most important topic--what can happen when the challenge of maintaining tradition, on the one hand, fostering entrepreneurship, on the other hand, is greatly heightened...this [is a] fascinating work."-David Geffen, International Jerusalem Post, "The author does an excellent job of delving into the Jewish community."-Kevin Winter, City Book Review
Series Volume Number
2
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
363.4/1089924073
Lc Classification Number
Hv5185.D38 2014
Table of Content
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Alcohol and Acculturation 1. Setting Up Shop: Jews Becoming Americans in the Nineteenth-Century Alcohol Trade 2. "Do As We Israelites Do": American Jews and the Gilded-Age Temperance MovementPart II: Alcohol and Anti-Semitism 3. Kosher Wine and Jewish Saloons: New Jewish Immigrants Enter the American Alcohol Trade 4. An "Unscrupulous Jewish Type of Mind": Jewish Alcohol Entrepreneurs and Their Critics Part III: Jews and the Prohibition Era 5. Rabbis and Other Bootleggers: Jews as Prohibition-Era Alcohol Entrepreneurs 6. "The Law of the Land is the Law": Jews Respond to the Volstead Act Conclusion Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2014

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