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The Jews of Harlem - The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community (Paperback)
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The Jews of Harlem - The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community (Paperback)
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The complete story of Jewish Harlem and its significance in
American Jewish history 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, Harlem
was the home of the second largest Jewish community in America. But
in the 1920s Jewish residents began to scatter to other parts of
Manhattan, to the outer boroughs, and to other cities. Now nearly a
century later, Jews are returning uptown to a gentrified Harlem.
The Jews of Harlem follows Jews into, out of, and back into this
renowned metropolitan neighborhood over the course of a century and
a half. It analyzes the complex set of forces that brought several
generations of central European, East European, and Sephardic Jews
to settle there. It explains the dynamics that led Jews to exit
this part of Gotham as well as exploring the enduring Jewish
presence uptown after it became overwhelmingly black and decidedly
poor. And it looks at the beginnings of Jewish return as part of
the transformation of New York City in our present era. The Jews of
Harlem contributes much to our understanding of Jewish and African
American history in the metropolis as it highlights the
ever-changing story of America's largest city. With The Jews of
Harlem, the beginning of Dunlap's hoped-for resurfacing of this
neighborhood's history is underway. Its contemporary story merits
telling even as the memories of what Jewish Harlem once was
warrants recall.
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