Jewish New York : the remarkable story of a city and a people / Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Annie Polland, Howard B. Rock, and Daniel Soyer ; with a visual essay by Diana L. Linden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Deborah Dash, 1946- author.

Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949- author.

Polland, Annie, 1973- author.

Rock, Howard B., 1944- author.

Soyer, Daniel, author.

Contributor:

Linden, Diana L., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--New York (State)--New York--History.

Jews.

New York (State)--New York.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Based on the acclaimed multi-volume series, City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, Jewish New York traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Jewish immigrants transformed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation's publishing industry and shaped popular culture in music, theater, and the arts. With a strong sense of social justice, a dedication to civil rights and civil liberties, and a belief in the duty of government to provide social welfare for all its citizens, New York Jews influenced the city, state, and nation with a new wave of social activism. In turn, New York transformed Judaism and stimulated religious pluralism, Jewish denominationalism, and contemporary feminism. The city's neighborhoods hosted unbelievably diverse types of Jews, from Communists to Hasidim. Jewish New York not only describes Jews' many positive influences on New York, but also exposes the group's struggles with poverty and anti-Semitism. These injustices reinforced an exemplary commitment to remaking New York into a model multiethnic, multiracial, and multireligious world city."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Map of New York City, 1911

Introduction : how New York became a Jewish city

Part I. 1654-1865

Foundations

Shaking off constraints

Part II. 1865-1925

One city, two Jewish worlds

Forging community

The power of politics

Part III. 1885-1975

Jewish geography

Raising two generations

Making New York Jews

Wars on the home front

Part IV. 1960-2015

Old turf, new turf

A changing city

Visual essay : an introduction to the visual and material culture of New York City Jews, 1654-2015, by Diana L. Linden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schneidman fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781479850389

1479850381

OCLC:

978295412

Publisher Number:

99977237973