Lowenstein, Steven M.

Frankfurt on the Hudson : The German Jewish Community of Washington Heights, 1933-1983, Its Structure and Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (349 pages)

Intro -- Cover -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- MAPS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Refuge from Germany -- 2. The Jewish Community in Germany -- 3. Establishment of the Washington Heights Community -- 4. Economic Adjustment and Communal Consolidation -- 5. The Social Structure -- 6. The Institutional Framework -- 7. The Religious Spectrum -- 8. The Immigrant Culture -- 9. Relations between the Generations -- 10. A "Changing Neighborhood -- 11. Patterns of Ethnic Identity -- 12. Reflections on Acculturation and Ethnic Survival -- METHODOLOGICAL ESSAY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Jews, German -- New York (State) -- New York.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York.
Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York.
Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

F128.9.J5 -- L69 1989eb

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