That pride of race and character : the roots of Jewish benevolence in the Jim Crow south / Caroline E. Light.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.

Introduction : loving kindness and cultural citizenship in the Jewish south -- "To the Hebrews the world is indebted" : the southern roots of American Jewish benevolence -- "For the honor of the Jewish people" : gender, race, and immigration -- "Virtue, rectitude and loyalty to our faith" : Jewish orphans and the politics of southern cultural capital -- "A very delicate problem" : the plight of the southern agunah -- "None of my own people" : subsidizing Jewish motherhood in the depression-era south -- Sex, race and consumption : southern sephardim and the politics of benevolence -- Conclusion : loving kindness and its legacies.