1969
First Published
3.94
Average Rating
342
Number of Pages
Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants―a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.
Avg Rating
3.94
Number of Ratings
17
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