THE INDEPENDENT ORDERS OF B'NAI B'RITH AND TRUE SISTERS: Pioneers of a New Jewish Identity 1843-1914

Founded in New York City in 1843 by immigrants from German or German-speaking territories in Central Europe, the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith sought to integrate Jewish identity with the public and civil sphere in America. The linked Independent Order of True Sisters find their larger Jewish social and intellectual context and explore their ambitions of "civil Judaism" in America. Illus.