TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Naomi
TI  - Poor Jews: An American Awakening
SN  - 9781351319430
AV  - E184.J5.P667 2017 
U1  - 362.84 
PY  - 1974///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Jews--United States--Economic conditions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. POVERTY AMONG JEWS -- The Culture of Poverty -- The Invisible Jewish Poor -- Jews Without Money, Revisited -- The Hasidic Poor in New York City -- 2. THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE JEWISH POOR -- Some Aspects of the Jewish Attitude Toward the Welfare State -- Concept of Tzedakah in Contemporary Jewish Life -- Our Jewish Poor: How Can They Be Served? -- Problems in Serving Chicago's Jewish Poor -- 3. THE JEWISH POOR AND THE WAR AGAINST POVERTY -- Why Jews Get Less: A Study of Jewish Participation in the Poverty Program -- Memorandum of Inspection Division Office of Economic Opportunity -- Re: Jewish Poverty -- 4. ON ENDING JEWISH POVERTY -- The Jewish Hospital and the Jewish Community -- A Systematic Approach to Poverty Policy -- Postscript: Elder's Lib New York Times -- Contributors -- Index
N2  - The popular image of the Jewish community is that it consists primarily of members of the middle and upper middle classes
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ER  -