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The great Christmas boycott of 1906 : antisemitism and the battle over Christianity in the public schools /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seligman, Scott D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Lucas, Albert, > 1859-1923
Religion in the public schools > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Church and education > New York > New York (State) > History > 20th century.
Christianity and antisemitism > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Christmas pageants > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Prologue: Boys and Girls, Be Like Christ
  • 1. This Private, Clandestine, Surreptitious "Union of Church and State"
  • 2. Those Ever-Watchful Collectors of Stray Lambs
  • 3. The Jews Demand That We Give Up Christmas Traditions
  • 4. An Unfit Man
  • 5. Systematically Christianizing
  • 6. I Will Speak about Christ as Much as I Want To
  • 7. To Say the Least, Indiscreet
  • 8. The Christs Are Murdering Our Babies
  • 9. There Is Nothing Harmful in These Christmas Observances
  • 10. Empty Seats in the Jewish Neighborhoods
  • 11. This Is Too Much to Endure, Especially from Jew Rabbis
  • 12. Sanctioned by Custom
  • 13. Anti-Sectarianism Has Gone Mad
  • 14. I Will Not Back Down from This
  • 15. Almighty God, We Acknowledge Our Dependence upon Thee
  • 16. Not Yet Learned How to Wage War
  • Afterword
  • Chronology
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Index .