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Author Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949- author.

Title The Jews of Harlem : the rise, decline, and revival of a Jewish community / Jeffrey S. Gurock.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2016]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  974.7 GUROCK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.7 G96    Check Shelf
Description x, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Jews.
African Americans -- Relations with Jews. (OCoLC)fst00799684
Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem. (OCoLC)fst01312318
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781479801169 hardcover alkaline paper
147980116X hardcover alkaline paper
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