Family of strangers : building a Jewish community in Washington State / Molly Cone, Howard Droker, Jacqueline Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cone, Molly.

Contributor:

Droker, Howard.

Williams, Jacqueline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Washington (State)--History.

Jews.

Immigrants--Washington (State)--History.

Immigrants.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Washington (State)--Ethnic relations.

Washington (State).

Physical Description:

xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : Washington State Jewish Historical Society, in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle, [2003]

Summary:

Draws on hundreds of newpaper accounts, articles, and oral histories to provide the first comprehensive account of Washington State's Jewish residents. Isolated from the large centers of American Jewish life, they succeeded in developing a community whose members made notable contributions to the state's civic and cultural history. Pub. with the Washington State Jewish Historical Society

Contents:

Central European Pioneers 3

Eastern European Pioneers 34

Sephardic Pioneers 60

Unity, Division, and Friction 70

First Organizations 77

First Congregations 101

Seattle's Jewish Neighborhood 134

Art, Music & Theater in the Early Years 153

An Obligation to Study 176

More Than a Basket of Food 197

The Crisis Years 215

The Fourth Wave of Immigration 234

Postwar Growth 250

Expanding Religious Life 274

Arts in the Postwar Years 302

Epilogue: A Look Beyond the 1970s 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-366) and index.

ISBN:

0295982977

OCLC:

50920650