'The Jewish South': Comfort and discomfort of southern Jewry - review

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Prof. Shari Rabin has shown, for the first time, the breadth of the Jewish experience in the American South since the 17th century, when philosopher John Locke fashioned a treatise accepted by British authorities in which the Jews were identified as potential residents in the Carolinas.In her book The Jewish South: An American History, Rabin describes the early entry of Jews in the South even before colonial America came into being, examining the reasons why Jews and other groups moved to the