Jews in New Mexico Since World War II

by Henry J. Tobias

Book Overview

For Jews around the world the defining events of World War II and its aftermath were the Holocaust and the creation of the state of Israel. These seminal events led to an increasingly connected and complex world for Jews, even in once-remote places such as New Mexico. The rapid expansion of organized Jewish activity in New Mexico during the postwar years brought about a heightened sense of consciousness, and the state's small Jewish population witnessed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826344186
• ISBN13: 9780826344182
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.3"