Philadelphia Jewish Life, 1940-2000

by Friedman, Murray; Garofalo, Reebee; Martinot, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781566399999
• ISBN10: 1566399998
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the New Editon: The Eighties to a New Century
Introduction: From Outsiders to Insiders? Philadelpha Jewish Life, 1940-1985
Philadelphia Jewry, the Holocaust and the Birth of the Jewish State
Philadelphia Jewry and the Holocaust	p. 3
Four Fateful Years: Philadelphia's Jews and the Creation of the State of Israel	p. 23
The Opposition to Zionism: The American Council for Judaism Under the Leadership of Rabbi Louis Wolsey and Lessing Rosenwald	p. 39
Philadelphia Jews and Radicalism: The American Jewish Congress Cleans House	p. 57
From Periphery to Prominences: Jews in Philadelphia Politics, 1940-1985	p. 71
An Ambivalent Alliance: Blacks and Jews in Philadelphia, 1940-1985	p. 83
Wynnefield: Story of a Changing Neighborhood	p. 101
A Place to Live: The Jewish Builders of Northeast Philadelphia	p. 113
Home and Haven: Soviet Jewish Immigration to Philadelphia, 1972-1982	p. 127
Changing Styles of Synagogue Life: Conservative Judaism in Philadelphia	p. 143
A Generation of Learning: Jewish Education in Philadelphia, 1940-1980	p. 159
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: A Quarter Century of Change	p. 177
From A to "Zink": Philadelphia Jews in Sports	p. 191
Jews and the Cultural Revival of Philadelphia	p. 207
Afterword: The Once and Future City - One Jewish Philadelphian's Odyssey	p. 227
Notes	p. 237
About the Contributors	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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