Description |
x, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Hartford Jewry's Colonial Roots -- 2. Becoming Part of the Whole: Congregation Beth Israel and the Budding of Social Acceptance, 1843-1880 -- 3. From Orthodoxy to Reform: The Religious Evolution of Congregation Beth Israel, 1847-1880 -- 4. Hartford's Jewish East Side: The East European Jewish Immigrant Community, 1881-1930 -- 5. Unity Amid Diversity: The New Immigrants and the Expansion of Jewish Social, Health, and Welfare Organizations in Hartford, 1910-1924 -- 6. Transmitting the Tradition: Religious and Educational Institutions, 1920-1960 -- 7. In Pursuit of a Jewish State: Zionism in Hartford -- 8. Local Trends and National Precedents: Jews and Politics in Hartford and Beyond -- 9. Out of the Ashes: The Holocaust, American Neglect, and the Rise to Leadership of Hartford's Holocaust Survivors -- 10. Making a Living and Making a Life: Economic Opportunity and the Expansion of Communal Institutions -- 11. Greater Hartford: The Evolution of a Regional Jewish Community -- 12. From Stability to the Unexpected: Postwar Challenges and Communal Cohesion. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index. |
Subject |
Jews -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History.
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Judaism -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History.
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Hartford (Conn.) -- Ethnic relations.
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Added Author |
Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1947-
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ISBN |
0841913749 cloth |
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