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The First Jews in North America: The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family 1760-1860

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The First Jews in North America: The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family 1760-1860 - Roth, Käthe (Translated by), and Vaugeois, Denis
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Filled with original documents and vintage illustrations, this history chronicles the lives of the Hart family--a Jewish family who settled in predominantly Catholic Trois-Rivi???res, Quebec, in 1761. Following Aaron Hart and his descendants for a century, this account not only bares the Jewish struggle for equality and freedom, but also delineates the contributions made by the various family members--including the passing of the Jewish Emancipation Act in 1832 and the creation of the Hart Memorial Trophy for the National ...

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The First Jews in North America: The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family 1760-1860 2012, Baraka Books

ISBN-13: 9781926824093

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