The Jewish Community in Rochester 1843-1925 / Stuart E. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Stuart E., author.

Series:

American Jewish Communal Histories, ; 1

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1954]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Looks at the role the Jewish community played in the economic transformation of Rochester from an industrial city relying on flour mills to a center of diversified production.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

PREFACE

CONTENTS

PART ONE. The First Settlers 1843-1870

1. JEWS COME TO ROCHESTER

2. EARLY SOCIAL LIFE

3. THE SYNAGOGUE AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS

PART TWO. The East European Community 1870-1900

4. THE FIRST JEWS FROM EAST EUROPE

5. EARLY RELATIONS: GERMANS AND EAST EUROPEANS

6. LIFE AMONG EAST EUROPEANS

PART THREE. The German-Jewish Community 1870-1900

7. TOWARD SYSTEMATIC REFORM

8. SOCIAL INTEGRATION

9. CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS

10. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

11. PHILANTHROPY AMD FRATERNITY

12. EPILOGUE: THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE

PART FOUR What the Years Wrought 1900-1925

13. POPULATION CHANGES

14. ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS

15. RELIGIOUS LIFE: ORTHODOX AND CONSERVATIVE

16. REFORM RELIGIOUS LIFE

17. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE: 1900-1925

18. PHILANTHROPY AMD WELFARE

19. THE RISE AMD GROWTH OF ZIONISM

20. TOWARD MATURITY

NOTES

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

SOURCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89485-6

OCLC:

1100434866