Jews in Gotham : : New York Jews in a Changing City, 1920-2010 / / Jeffrey S. Gurock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gurock, Jeffrey S.,
• MitwirkendeR: Linden, Diana L .,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: City of Promises ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Jews in Gotham follows the Jewish saga in ever-changing New York City from the end of the First World War into the first decade of the new millennium. This lively portrait details the complex dynamics that caused Jews to persist, abandon, or be left behind in their neighborhoods during critical moments of the past century. It shows convincingly that New York retained its preeminence as the capital of American Jews because of deep roots in local worlds.Jews in Gotham follows the Jewish saga in ever-changing New York City from the end of the First World War into the first decade of the new millennium. This lively portrait details the complex dynamics that caused Jews to persist, abandon, or be left behind in their neighborhoods during critical moments of the past century. It shows convincingly that New York retained its preeminence as the capital of American Jews because of deep roots in local worlds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- GENERAL EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue: Neighborhood Dreams and Urban Promises -- CHAPTER 1. Building and Sustaining Common Ground -- CHAPTER 2. Friends or Ideologues -- CHAPTER 3. During Catastrophe and Triumph -- CHAPTER 4. Élan of a Jewish City -- CHAPTER 5. Crises and Contention -- CHAPTER 6. Amid Decline and Revival -- CHAPTER 7. Renewed Activism -- Epilogue: In a New Millennium -- VISUAL ESSAY: An Introduction to the Visual and Material Culture of New York City Jews, 1920 – 2010 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR