They Came for Good - A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880

Actor: Amram Nowak
Studio: SHANACHIE
Category: DVD

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Rating: 2 reviews
Sales Rank: 55389

Format: Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

UPC: 016351098597
EAN: 0016351098597
ASIN: B00005A1TH

Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: April 1, 2001
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Customer Reviews

They Came for Good    July 21, 2008
Phyllis H. Pajka
I ordered this for one of our troops that I support and he was delighted I could find it.


A video history of Jews in the U.S. (part 2 of 2)    April 11, 2007
Kim Boykin (New York, NY)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This hour-long video is the second part of a two-disc series on the history of Jews in the United States. The first part, "Present at the Creation," covers the period from 1654 to 1820, and this part, "Taking Root," covers the period from 1820 to 1880. Both parts are informative and interesting.

Chapter titles:
- Jewish peddlers serve rural America
- Good immigrants - bad immigrants
- Levi Strauss founds pants empire
- Judaism splits into orthodox and reform
- Jews take sides in the Civil War
- The career of Judah P. Benjamin
- Seligman Bros. and "Our Crowd"
- In 1881 pogroms begin in Russia
- Emma Lazarus pens "The New Colossus"

Another good video on Judaism in the U.S. is "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America." And an excellent book on the history of Judaism in the U.S. is Jonathan Sarna's "American Judaism: A History."