The Jews of Boston
- Title
- The Jews of Boston / edited by Jonathan D. Sarna, Ellen Smith, Scott-Martin Kosofsky.
- Published by
- New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2005.
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- Description
- xiv, 370 pages : illustrations, map; 26 cm
- Summary
- "This comprehensive history of the Jews of Boston is now available in a revised and updated paperback edition, published on the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in America. The work combines illuminating essays by distinguished historians with 110 rare photographs to trace the community from its tentative beginnings in colonial Boston through its emergence in the twentieth century as one of the most influential and successful Jewish communities in America. The volume also presents information about Boston's synagogues and Jewish neighborhoods as well as the evolution of Jewish culture in Boston and the United States. Since its first appearance in 1995, The Jews of Boston has become an often-imitated model for urban ethnic histories."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Contents
- The Jews of Boston in historical perspective / Jonathan D. Sarna -- Strangers and sojourners : the Jews of colonial Boston / Ellen Smith -- "Israelites in Boston," 1840-1880 / Ellen Smith -- The emergence of a unified community, 1880-1917 / William A. Braverman -- From margin to mainstream, 1917-1967 / Leon A. Jick -- Moving apart and growing together, 1967-1994 / Sherry Israel -- Bridging wisdom, community, and culture, 1995-2004 / Scott-Martin Kosofsky and Jonathan D. Sarna -- In search of suburbs : Boston's Jewish districts, 1843-1994 / Gerald H. Gamm -- Temples in the American Athens : a history of the synagogues of Boston / David Kaufman -- Community and philanthropy / Susan Ebert -- Pioneers and pacesetters : Boston Jews and American Zionism / Mark A. Raider -- Passionate visions in contest : on the history of Jewish education in Boston / Joseph Reimer -- The smart set : an assessment of Jewish culture / Stephen J. Whitfield -- The Jewish-Christian experience / Thomas H. O'Connor -- App. A. Jewish population of Boston -- App. B. Combined Jewish philanthropies, 1895-2005.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Previous ed.: Boston, Mass.: The Philanthropies, 1995.
- Published in association with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index.