The Jewish Metropolis : : New York City from the 17th to the 21st Century / / ed. by Daniel Soyer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Alroey, Gur,; Brinkmann, Tobias,; Brinn, Ayelet,; Cohen, Steven M.,; Dash Moore, Deborah,; Dixon, John M.,; Gordan, Rachel,; Gurock, Jeffrey S.,; Linden, Diana L.,; Mikics, David,; Naar, Devin E.,; Portnoy, Eddy,; Rock, Howard B.,; Soyer, Daniel,
• HerausgeberIn: Soyer, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)

The Jewish Metropolis: New York from the 17th to the 21st Century covers the entire sweep of the history of the largest Jewish community of all time. It provides an introduction to many facets of that history, including the ways in which waves of immigration shaped New York’s Jewish community; Jewish cultural production in English, Yiddish, Ladino, and German; New York’s contribution to the development of American Judaism; Jewish interaction with other ethnic and religious groups; and Jewish participation in the politics and culture of the city as a whole. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, and includes a bibliography for further reading. The Jewish Metropolis captures the diversity of the Jewish experience in New York.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: New York as a Jewish City -- Important Note -- 1 Colonial Jews in New Amsterdam, New York, and the Atlantic World -- 2 New York Jews and the Early Republic -- 3 The Other Jews: Jewish Immigrants from Central Europe in New York, 1820–1880 -- 4 From the Pale of Settlement to the Lower East Side: Early Hardships of Russian Immigrant Jews -- 5 Yiddish New York -- 6 “Impostors”: Levantine Jews and the Limits of Jewish New York -- 7 Jewish Builders in New York City, 1880–1980 -- 8 New York Jews and American Literature -- 9 “I Never Think About Being Jewish—Until I Leave New York”: Jewish Art in New York City, 1900 to the Present -- 10 Jewish Geography in New York Neighborhoods, 1945–2000 -- 11 New York and American Judaism -- 12 Jews and Politics in New York City -- 13 How Are New York City Jews Different from Other American Jews? -- Contributors -- Index