Adventures in American Judaism II (Part 1)
January 15: The Grand Union Hotel and Its Jewish "In-Crowd"
In 1877, the prominent Jewish businessman, Joseph Seligman was refused entry to the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York. But the actions of his nemesis, Henry Hilton, had to do with more than just antisemitism. For Hilton and his hotel, Seligman's fault was he wasn't the "right type of Jew."
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Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff
Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff is president of Gratz College. He was previously chief academic officer of Hebrew Theological College and vice provost of Touro College Illinois. A prolific scholar, he is the author or editor of nine books and more than fifty scholarly articles in the fields of Jewish Studies and American Religion. His most recent book is Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life (Wayne State University Press, 2020). Zev's research in American Jewish history has received numerous awards,…