Hadassa Kosak
Biographic Data
| ID | 1451582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hadassa Kosak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hadassa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosak |
| SIGNATURE | KOSAK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Future Without Hate or Need
Reviewed by: A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada by Ester Reiter Hadassa Kosak Ester Reiter, A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada (Toronto: Between the Lines 2016) This is a study of the forging and flourishing of Jewish immigrant left culture in Canada beginning in the early 1920s, concluding with its decline (though not demise) following the dramatic revelation of the Soviet…
The Rag Race
Journal Article The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire Get access By Adam D. Mendelsohn. (New York: New York University Press, 2014. viii, 297 pp. $35.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Page 1198, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav801 Published: 01 March 2016
City of Promises
Despite the vast literature and daunting demands of this monumental endeavor, five accomplished historians have produced the first-of-its-kind, three-volume comprehensive history of New York Jews. The project editor and authors recognize the city's unique diversity as well as its role in shaping a distinct Jewish experience. That experience took a powerful hold on the Jewish American imagination, and the Jewish community's political, economic, an…
The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States
Book Review| January 01 2012 The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States. By Lilach Lev Ari. El Paso, TX: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2009. xv + 184 pp. Graphs, tables, index, and bibliography. $62 (cloth). Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: Thi…
History Lessons
History Lessons offers a remarkable trove of historical literature built upon fact and myth, mostly authored outside the academy, but instructive in understanding how American Jews constructed a new identity in their adoptive land. Beth S. Wenger's survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century teachers’ handbooks, children's literature, and a variety of school and synagogue festivities and celebrations of American holidays and heroes reveals a cont…
Jewish Communities on the Ohio River
Book Review| October 01 2009 Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History, Amy Hill Shevitz. Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2009) 29 (1): 112–114. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543591 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Hadassa Kosak; Jewish Communi…
Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail
Book Review| January 01 2008 Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West, Jeanne E. Abrams. Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (2): 107–108. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543341 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissi…
Cultures of Opposition
Remembering the Lower East Side
In the last three decades, ethnic and multicultural studies have challenged traditional concepts of collective identity. “Essentialist” notions of identity and their linear history have been replaced by new concepts of social construction, invention, and fluidity. In that context, the study of myths, traditions, heritage sites, and their attendant commemorative practices have become useful tools for understanding the persistence and malleability …
Cultures of Opposition
Journal Article Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881–1905. By Hadassa Kosak. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. x, 220 pp. Cloth, $49.50, isbn 0-7914-4583-6. Paper, $16.95, isbn 0-7914-4584-4.) Get access Daniel Bender Daniel Bender Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michgan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3,…
Remembering the Lower East Side
In the last three decades, ethnic and multicultural studies have challenged traditional concepts of collective identity. “Essentialist” notions of identity and their linear history have been replaced by new concepts of social construction, invention, and fluidity. In that context, the study of myths, traditions, heritage sites, and their attendant commemorative practices have become useful tools for understanding the persistence and malleability …
History Lessons
History Lessons offers a remarkable trove of historical literature built upon fact and myth, mostly authored outside the academy, but instructive in understanding how American Jews constructed a new identity in their adoptive land. Beth S. Wenger's survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century teachers’ handbooks, children's literature, and a variety of school and synagogue festivities and celebrations of American holidays and heroes reveals a cont…
Cultures of Opposition
Journal Article Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881–1905. By Hadassa Kosak. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. x, 220 pp. Cloth, $49.50, isbn 0-7914-4583-6. Paper, $16.95, isbn 0-7914-4584-4.) Get access Daniel Bender Daniel Bender Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michgan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3,…
Cultures of Opposition
Journal Article Cultures of Opposition: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881–1905. By Hadassa Kosak. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. x, 220 pp. Cloth, $49.50, isbn 0-7914-4583-6. Paper, $16.95, isbn 0-7914-4584-4.) Get access Daniel Bender Daniel Bender Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michgan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 3,…
Remembering the Lower East Side
In the last three decades, ethnic and multicultural studies have challenged traditional concepts of collective identity. “Essentialist” notions of identity and their linear history have been replaced by new concepts of social construction, invention, and fluidity. In that context, the study of myths, traditions, heritage sites, and their attendant commemorative practices have become useful tools for understanding the persistence and malleability …
Cultures of Opposition
Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail
Book Review| January 01 2008 Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West, Jeanne E. Abrams. Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (2): 107–108. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543341 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissi…
Jewish Communities on the Ohio River
Book Review| October 01 2009 Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History, Amy Hill Shevitz. Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2009) 29 (1): 112–114. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543591 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Hadassa Kosak; Jewish Communi…
History Lessons
History Lessons offers a remarkable trove of historical literature built upon fact and myth, mostly authored outside the academy, but instructive in understanding how American Jews constructed a new identity in their adoptive land. Beth S. Wenger's survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century teachers’ handbooks, children's literature, and a variety of school and synagogue festivities and celebrations of American holidays and heroes reveals a cont…
The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States
Book Review| January 01 2012 The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States The American Dream-For Men Only? Gender, Immigration, and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States. By Lilach Lev Ari. El Paso, TX: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2009. xv + 184 pp. Graphs, tables, index, and bibliography. $62 (cloth). Hadassa Kosak Hadassa Kosak Search for other works by this author on: Thi…
City of Promises
Despite the vast literature and daunting demands of this monumental endeavor, five accomplished historians have produced the first-of-its-kind, three-volume comprehensive history of New York Jews. The project editor and authors recognize the city's unique diversity as well as its role in shaping a distinct Jewish experience. That experience took a powerful hold on the Jewish American imagination, and the Jewish community's political, economic, an…
The Rag Race
Journal Article The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire Get access By Adam D. Mendelsohn. (New York: New York University Press, 2014. viii, 297 pp. $35.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 102, Issue 4, March 2016, Page 1198, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav801 Published: 01 March 2016
A Future Without Hate or Need
Reviewed by: A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada by Ester Reiter Hadassa Kosak Ester Reiter, A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada (Toronto: Between the Lines 2016) This is a study of the forging and flourishing of Jewish immigrant left culture in Canada beginning in the early 1920s, concluding with its decline (though not demise) following the dramatic revelation of the Soviet…
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