Record #:

40709

Author(s):

Epstein, Seth

Abstract:

Asheville’s Jewish community, long objects of prejudice, became a group tolerated by representatives of the city’s elite. It happened chiefly by their association with Zebulon Vance, being viewed as superior to African Americans, and efforts to memorialize Vance initiated by influential Jews such as Solomon Lipinsky.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p305-340

Subject(s):

Jews--North Carolina--Asheville--History; Jews--North Carolina; Vance, Zebulon B. ; Asheville--Pack Square--Vance Monument; University of North Carolina Asheville--D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections; Progressivism--North Carolina--Asheville; United Daughters of the Confederacy--North Carolina Chapter--History; United Daughters of the Confederacy--Zebulon B. Vance ; Lipinsky, Solomon, 1856-1925; Synagogues--Asheville--Beth HaTephilia; Asheville--Calvary Episcopal Church--Zebulon B. Vance monument