Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community /

Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community / / ed. by John J. Grabowski, Sean Martin.

This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland's twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life. The authors present the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
TeilnehmendeR:
Abrams, Sylvia F.
Baskind, Samantha.
Gordan, Rachel.
Kelner, Shaul.
Lederhendler, Eli.
McCune, Mary.
Michney, Todd.
Robinson, Ira.
Segev, Zohar.
Souther, Mark.
MitwirkendeR:
Abrams, Sylvia F.,
Baskind, Samantha,
Gordan, Rachel,
Hammack, David C.,
Hoffman, Stephen H.,
Kelner, Shaul,
Lederhendler, Eli,
Martin, Sean,
McCune, Mary,
Michney, Todd M.,
Robinson, Ira,
Schachter, Lifsa,
Segev, Zohar,
Souther, J. Mark,
HerausgeberIn:
Grabowski, John J.,
Martin, Sean,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.) :; 23 B&W photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Cleveland and Its Jews: New Perspectives on Communal History
  • 1. "A Link in the Great American Chain": The Evolution of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland to 1940
  • 2. Jewish Philanthropy in Cleveland to 1990
  • 3. Abraham Hayyim Friedland and the Context, Structures, and Content of Jewish Education
  • 4. Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland
  • 5. Ethnic Identity and Local Politics: Abba Hillel Silver as a Community Leader and International Politician in Cleveland, 1940-1950
  • 6. "She Will Be the Mary Poppins We Have Been Searching For": The Rise of Feminism and Organizational Change in the Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women
  • 7. Trepidation, Tolerance, and Turnover: Jewish-Black Relations in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1920-1960
  • 8. Jewish Suburbanization and Jewish Presence in the "City without Jews"
  • 9. Suburban Temple and the Creation of Postwar American Judaism
  • 10. People-to- People: Cleveland's Jewish Community and the Exodus of Soviet Jews
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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