12 Jews and Politics in New York City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: New York as a Jewish City vii
4. Important Note xvi
5. 1 Colonial Jews in New Amsterdam, New York, and the Atlantic World 1
6. 2 New York Jews and the Early Republic 19
7. 3 The Other Jews: Jewish Immigrants from Central Europe in New York, 1820–1880 39
8. 4 From the Pale of Settlement to the Lower East Side: Early Hardships of Russian Immigrant Jews 62
9. 5 Yiddish New York 91
10. 6 “Impostors”: Levantine Jews and the Limits of Jewish New York 115
11. 7 Jewish Builders in New York City, 1880–1980 147
12. 8 New York Jews and American Literature 168
13. 9 “I Never Think About Being Jewish—Until I Leave New York”: Jewish Art in New York City, 1900 to the Present 184
14. 10 Jewish Geography in New York Neighborhoods, 1945–2000 205
15. 11 New York and American Judaism 229
16. 12 Jews and Politics in New York City 256
17. 13 How Are New York City Jews Different from Other American Jews? 278
18. Contributors 296
19. Index 299