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Die kulturlandschaftliche Bedeutung des primären Wirtschaftssektors im Staate Oregon, USA
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ISBN: 3882460261 Year: 1979 Publisher: Regensburg Universität Regensburg. Institut fur Geographie


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Willamette law review.
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ISSN: 19428340 01919822 Year: 1978 Publisher: Salem, Or. : College of Law, Willamette University,

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Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America
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ISBN: 1618113828 9781618113825 9781618113818 161811381X 9781618114488 1618114484 Year: 2014 Publisher: Boston

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In the late nineteenth century, a group of radical Jewish youths from Odessa attempted to create an agricultural commune on the Oregon frontier, and in so doing developed from assimilated revolutionaries to American Jews. Theodore Friedgut relates the story of these youths and their creation, with special notice paid to the human encounters within the commune, the members' encounters with America in acquiring land and equipment-and, importantly, their encounters with their neighbors, themselves immigrant farmers on the American frontier. Among the volume's central sources is the memoir of Israel Mandelkern, which is here published for the first time. This study addresses hitherto neglected aspects of Jewish life in Russia and of the life of one of the more than a hundred Jewish agricultural colonies, and helps us understand the factors that influenced the young colony members in their transition toward becoming Americans. This is a microcosm of the experience of multitudes of immigrants.


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Willamette law journal.
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ISSN: 19428359 Year: 1959 Publisher: [Salem, Or.] : [Willamette University College of Law],


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The Jewish Oregon Story, 1950-2010
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ISBN: 0870718703 087071869X 9780870718700 9780870718694 Year: 2016 Publisher: Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press,

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"The history of the diverse Jewish population in Oregon between 1950 and 2010"-- "The Jewish Oregon Story traces the history of diverse Jewish Oregonians and their communities during a period of dramatic change. Drawing on archival sources, including a collection of over five hundred oral histories, the book explores how Jewish Oregonians both contributed to and were shaped by the "Oregon Story," a political shift that fueled Oregon's--and particularly Portland's--emerging reputation for progressivism and sustainability. Six chapters examine a community grappling with, and increasingly embracing, change--from the dramatic national shifts in women's roles and inter-group relations to local issues such as the razing of the historic South Portland Jewish neighborhood. An original community musical, Whatever Happened to Old South Portland?, frames the creation of a new Portland Jewish identity, emerging out of the ashes of South Portland and tapping ethnic expression as an antidote to suburbanization and assimilation. A peek behind the scenes exposes the crucial role of women's voluntarism and traces the impact of women entering the workforce and winning acceptance as equals in organizational and ritual life. Chapters on involvement in liberal politics and advocacy for Israel explore communal engagement that reflected national trends, but, beginning in the 1980s, were increasingly shaped by emerging local progressivism. A final chapter charts recent shifts in Oregon Jewish geography, demographics, and organizational life, exploring the rebirth of smaller communities and the embrace of post-denominational Jewry, spirituality, and an ethos of environmentalism and inclusion. The Jewish Oregon Story will be of great interest to the Jewish community in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest and will appeal broadly to all readers of American, Western, and Oregon history, particularly those interested in questions of ethnicity and identity. Published in Cooperation with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education"--


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The Sumpter miner.
ISSN: 23331496 Year: 1899 Publisher: Sumpter, Or. : C.H. Marsh & J.W. Connella,


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The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society.
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ISSN: 23293772 Year: 1900 Publisher: Portland : Oregon Historical Society,


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Journal of Oregon ornithology : (JOO).
ISSN: 10923845 Year: 1993 Publisher: Newport, Or. : Gahmken Press,

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