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9780253331281

Jewish Hometown Associations and Family Circles in New York

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253331281

  • ISBN10:

    0253331285

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-06-01
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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"Hannah Kliger has provided an important service to historians... " -- Journal of American Ethnic History"... Hannah Kliger has provided a valuable primary source for studying immigrant Jewry and has argued forcefully for the resiliency and adaptability of ethnic institutions as mechanisms for Jewish adaptation and survival." -- American Jewish ArchivesStruggling to cope in a strange land, immigrants in the early years of this century gathered with compatriots from their old hometowns and with family for their social life and to form support systems. Here is an illuminating portrait of community life among Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, as seen by participants in landsmanshaftn (hometown associations) and family circles. Prepared in the 1930s through the WPA-sponsored Yiddish Writer's Group, this revealing document is published here for the first time.

Author Biography

HANNAH KLIGER, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has published articles on the communication of ethnic identity in immigrant communities.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
PART ONE: Documenting Jewish Immigration: New York Jewish Writers and the Works Progress Administration 1(116)
PART TWO: The WPA's ``Jewish Landsmanshaftn and Family Circles in New York''
An Annotated Edition Prepared
23(2)
Hannah Kliger
Introductory Note
25(2)
The Present State of the Landsmanshaftn
27(17)
The Social Role of the Landsmanshaftn
44(14)
The Constitutions of the Landsmanshaftn
58(9)
The Souvenir Journals of the New York Landsmanshaftn
67(4)
The East European Background of the Jewish Family
71(6)
Jewish Family Circles
77(7)
Jewish Family Life in New York City
84(16)
Three Generations
100(17)
PART THREE Contemporary Landslayt in New York: Continuities and Discontinuities 117(15)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE 132(5)
APPENDIX 137(8)
From The Jewish Landsmanshaftn of New York
From Jewish Families and Family Circles of New York
From Jewish Landsmanschaften and Family Circles in New York
Notes 145(14)
Index 159

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