1. JEWS COME TO ROCHESTER

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. CONTENTS XIII
5. PART ONE. The First Settlers 1843-1870
6. 1. JEWS COME TO ROCHESTER 3
7. 2. EARLY SOCIAL LIFE 12
8. 3. THE SYNAGOGUE AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS 20
9. PART TWO. The East European Community 1870-1900
10. 4. THE FIRST JEWS FROM EAST EUROPE 51
11. 5. EARLY RELATIONS: GERMANS AND EAST EUROPEANS 63
12. 6. LIFE AMONG EAST EUROPEANS 70
13. PART THREE. The German-Jewish Community 1870-1900
14. 7. TOWARD SYSTEMATIC REFORM 85
15. 8. SOCIAL INTEGRATION 105
16. 9. CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS 114
17. 10. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 120
18. 11. PHILANTHROPY AMD FRATERNITY 133
19. 12. EPILOGUE: THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE 141
20. PART FOUR What the Years Wrought 1900-1925
21. 13. POPULATION CHANGES 147
22. 14. ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS 150
23. 15. RELIGIOUS LIFE: ORTHODOX AND CONSERVATIVE 163
24. 16. REFORM RELIGIOUS LIFE 189
25. 17. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE: 1900-1925 197
26. 18. PHILANTHROPY AMD WELFARE 210
27. 19. THE RISE AMD GROWTH OF ZIONISM 226
28. 20. TOWARD MATURITY 238
29. NOTES 245
30. APPENDIX 297
31. GLOSSARY 299
32. SOURCES 301
33. INDEX 313