Jewish New York : : The Remarkable Story of a City and a People / / Annie Polland, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Deborah Dash Moore, Howard B. Rock, Daniel Soyer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Moore, Deborah Dash,; Gurock, Jeffrey S.,; Polland, Annie,; Soyer, Daniel,
• MitwirkendeR: Linden, Diana L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 94 black and white illustrations

The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the cityJewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city’s most important ethnic and religious groups. Jewish immigrants changed 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 their 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. Based on the acclaimed multi-volume set City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York winner of the National Jewish Book Council 2012 Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award, Jewish New York spans three centuries, tracing the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of New York City, 1911 -- Introduction -- Part I. 1654– 1865 -- 1. Foundations -- 2. Shaking Off Constraints -- Part II. 1865– 1925 -- 3. One City, Two Jewish Worlds -- 4. Forging Community -- 5. The Power of Politics -- Part III. 1885– 1975 -- 6. Jewish Geography -- 7. Raising Two Generations -- 8. Making New York Jews -- 9. Wars on the Home Front -- Part IV. 1960– 2015 -- 10. Old Turf, New Turf -- 11. A Changing City -- Visual Essay -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors