Merging traditions : Jewish life in Cleveland / by Judah Rubinstein with Jane A. Avner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubinstein, Judah.

Contributor:

Avner, Jane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio).

Jews--Ohio--Cleveland--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jews--Ohio--Cleveland--Pictorial works.

History.

Cleveland (Ohio)--History--20th century.

Cleveland (Ohio).

Cleveland (Ohio)--Pictorial works.

Ohio--Cleveland.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Festschriften.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Kent, [Ohio] : Kent State University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Out of a small group of Jewish settlers that came to Cleveland in 1839 sprang the large, vibrant, and diverse Jewish community, numbering in excess of 81,500, that has contributed significantly to Cleveland's life. At the turn of the century many immigrants found work in Cleveland's thriving garment industry, then second only to New York's. Others entered the building trades, and those with entrepreneural inclinations opened retail stores dedicated to serving their Jewish neighborhoods. The entry of Jews into the business mainstream facilitated inclusion into nearly every area of community endeavor -- civic life, education, and culture. During World War II the community began to move to the suburbs, and Cleveland Heights emerged with the largest Jewish neighborhood outside of Cleveland. The exodus to the suburbs continued unabated until the mid-1950s, practically emptying the central city of its Jewish population. Many moved still farther east in the 1960s. As families left the traditional Jewish enclaves for more affluent areas and purchased larger properties in the suburbs, the synagogues and Jewish institutions and facilities moved with them. At the time of his death in February 2003 Judah Rubinstein was working on this second edition of Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland, which he initially cowrote with the late Sidney Z. Vincent in 1978. This revised and updated pictorial review of the nearly two-century history of the Jewish community tells the story of Jewish settlement and achievement in Northeast Ohio and continues in the spirit of the original, illuminating the struggles and the successes of one particular immigrant group and providing a valuable perspective on Cleveland's Jewish community, past and present.

Contents:

1 The Pioneers 1

2 The Woodland Area of First Settlement 27

3 Newspapers and Cleveland Authors 97

4 Glenville 109

5 Kinsman 161

6 The Inner Ring Eastern Suburbs 185

7 Moving Farther East 219

8 Judah Rubinstein (1920-2003)

An Appreciation 251.

Notes:

Includes index.

In cooperation with the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society.

ISBN:

0873387767

OCLC:

53993124