Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction: Cleveland and Its Jews: New Perspectives on Communal History 1
5. 1. “A Link in the Great American Chain”: The Evolution of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland to 1940 14
6. 2. Jewish Philanthropy in Cleveland to 1990 35
7. 3. Abraham Hayyim Friedland and the Context, Structures, and Content of Jewish Education 58
8. 4. Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland 80
9. 5. Ethnic Identity and Local Politics: Abba Hillel Silver as a Community Leader and International Politician in Cleveland, 1940–1950 102
10. 6. “She Will Be the Mary Poppins We Have Been Searching For”: The Rise of Feminism and Organizational Change in the Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women 122
11. 7. Trepidation, Tolerance, and Turnover: Jewish-Black Relations in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1920–1960 142
12. 8. Jewish Suburbanization and Jewish Presence in the “City without Jews” 162
13. 9. Suburban Temple and the Creation of Postwar American Judaism 183
14. 10. People-to- People: Cleveland’s Jewish Community and the Exodus of Soviet Jews 203
15. Afterword 223
16. Acknowledgments 227
17. Notes on Contributors 229
18. Index 231