Leon Waldoff is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of books on Keats and Wordsworth, as well as articles and essays on other Romantic poets and British authors. He was born and raised in Hattiesburg.

“What happens when a Professor Emeritus of English writesthe story of his family’s settlement in America? In the case of A Story ofJewish Experience in Mississippi we get a modest size book with hugeinsights to important factors of American—especially Southern—Jewish history. …I recommend A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi especially forthe insight it gives to this aspect of American history.” —Janice Rothschild Blumberg,The Jewish Georgian

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: From Russia to MississippiChapter 2: A Merchant, After AllChapter 3: Fear in Low Profile: An Incident in the 1930sChapter 4: Our HomeChapter 5: Surviving the Depression, Finding Acceptance, Anticipating WarChapter 6: Breaking the Silence about SegregationChapter 7: Fear in High Profile: Terrorism in the 1960sAfterword

Leon Waldoff is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of books on Keats and Wordsworth, as well as articles and essays on other Romantic poets and British authors. He was born and raised in Hattiesburg.

“What happens when a Professor Emeritus of English writesthe story of his family’s settlement in America? In the case of A Story ofJewish Experience in Mississippi we get a modest size book with hugeinsights to important factors of American—especially Southern—Jewish history. …I recommend A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi especially forthe insight it gives to this aspect of American history.” —Janice Rothschild Blumberg,The Jewish Georgian

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: From Russia to MississippiChapter 2: A Merchant, After AllChapter 3: Fear in Low Profile: An Incident in the 1930sChapter 4: Our HomeChapter 5: Surviving the Depression, Finding Acceptance, Anticipating WarChapter 6: Breaking the Silence about SegregationChapter 7: Fear in High Profile: Terrorism in the 1960sAfterword