Jewish Settlers in Georgia

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Valerie Frey, The Jewish Community of Savannah (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2002).
Mark I. Greenberg, “‘A Haven of Benignity’: Conflict and Cooperation between Eighteenth-Century
Savannah Jews,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 86 (winter 2002): 544-568.
Kaye Kole, The Minis Family of Georgia, 1733-1995 (Savannah, Ga.: Georgia Historical Society, 1992).
B. H. Levy, “The Early History of Georgia’s Jews,” in Forty Years of Diversity: Essays on Colonial
Georgia, ed. Harvey Jackson and Phinizy Spalding (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984).
Ralph Melnick, “Jews in the South,” in Encyclopedia of Religion in the South, ed. Samuel S. Hill (Macon,
Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1997).
David T. Morgan, “Judaism in Eighteenth-Century Georgia,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 58, no. 1
(1974): 41-54.
Saul Jacob Rubin, Third to None: The Saga of Savannah Jewry, 1733-1983 (Savannah, Ga.: privately
printed, 1983).
David S. Williams, From Mounds to Megachurches: Georgia’s Religious Heritage (Athens: University of
Georgia Press, 2008).
Georgia Historical Society Encounter and Exchange Online
Exhibit: http://www.georgiahistory.com/containers/199
“Judaism and Jews in Georgia.” New Georgia
Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3169&sug=y
Congregation Mickve Israel: http://www.mickveisrael.org/
Georgia Day Honoree: Dr. Samuel Nunes http://www.georgiahistory.com/containers/307
Mickve Israel Historical Marker: http://www.georgiahistory.com/markers/328