Stories of Jewish Dayton / by Marshall Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Marshall, author.

Series:

American Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Ohio--Dayton--History.

Jews.

Jews--Ohio--Dayton--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

Many stories of Jewish Dayton's past have faded over time. Others, painful to recall, may have been intentionally buried. All are sure to surprise new generations. The Jews of Dayton drank wine during Prohibition, debated Zionism, fought the Klan and joined the battle for civil rights in the trenches. Balancing tradition and modernity across eras, they navigated the American dream and faced challenges often strikingly similar to those we face today. Marshall Weiss--founding editor and publisher of the Dayton Jewish Observer and project director of Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History--reaches back nearly two centuries to unearth forgotten episodes of Jewish life in Ohio's Miami Valley.

Contents:

The most important caterer in U.S. Jewish history

Dance as an exchange of humanity : the Schwarz sisters

A 60-year friendship 112 years in the making

How the dailies covered Jewish life before local Jewish papers were here

Aid for the transients

The Spanish flu of 1918-19: "so many hearts are overwhelmed with sorrow"

A historic Zionist concert at Memorial Hall

John H. Patterson, NCR, Oakwood and the Jewish community

How the 1917 Battle of Jerusalem surrender flag ended up in Greenville, Ohio

Jews and Dayton's booze trade

Victory Day : Jews from the former Soviet Union recall the Nazi surrender

Black/Jewish relations : from the Dayton riots through school desegregation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439673157

1439673152

OCLC:

1261365639