Barbara Sheklin Davis

Jewish Community of Syracuse

Buch

While New York City became home for most of the Jewish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic, others journeyed farther, seeking freedom and fortune. The city of Syracuse, easily reached by the Erie Canal, became the next port of call for some. It offered opportunities, open roads, and a small but ever-growing Jewish community. This history traces the development of the Jewish community of the Salt City from its beginnings in the early 18th century, when a handful of peddlers gathered weekly to share a Shabbat meal, to a much larger community that numbered 11,000-12,000 at its peak a century later. The Syracuse Jewish community is a microcosm of… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Rabin, Susan B.

ISBN: 978-1-5316-5070-4
EAN: 9781531650704
Produktnummer: 20609657
Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 130 S.
Masse: H25.0 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.1 cm 419 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 419

Über den Autor

Barbara Sheklin Davis is the author of 100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die, The Syracuse Jewish Community, and Syracuse African Americans. She is editor-at-large of HaYidion, the field-leading Jewish educational journal, and professor emerita at Onondaga Community College. For twenty-seven years, she was head of the Syracuse Hebrew Day School. She lives in Syracuse, winters in Jacksonville Beach, and is the proud mother of three and grandmother of nine.