The Jews of Harlem : the rise, decline, and revival of a Jewish community
by Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949- (Author)
Summary
New York Times columnist David W. Dunlap wrote a decade ago that "on the map of the Jewish Diaspora, Harlem Is Atlantis. . . . A vibrant hub of industry, artistry and wealth is all but forgotten. It is as if Jewish Harlem sank 70 years ago beneath waves of memory beyond recall." During World War I,... Full description
- Introduction: Forty years with the Jews of Harlem: the old and the renewed
- 1. A Jewish outpost in Harlem, 1870/1880
- 2. Brownstone Jewish bourgeoisie and workers in tenements, 1880/1900
- 3. Uptown homes for Jewish immigrants, 1895/1917
- 4. Sibling communities: Harlem and the Lower East Side
- 5. Partners and protests
- 6. Attractive synagogues
- 7. The scattering of the Harlem Jewish community, 1917/1930
- 8. Jews in African American Harlem by day and by night, 1920/1945
- 9. Harlem's Nadir for blacks and Jews, 1950/1980
- 10. The beginnings of return
- Conclusion: An enduring community history.