Many of the Jewish emigrants who fled Eastern Europe in the late 1800s settled in New York City's Lower East Side, establishing a vital and colorful subculture populated by laborers, radicals, actors, poets, peddlers, journalists, and intellectuals. This dramatic narrative captures the community's torrent of ideological battles, the rise of organized labor in the garment industry, the growth of the Yiddish press and theater, and much more. "An exemplary account"--The New York Times. 29 photographs.
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A valued contribution to the history of Jews in America.:
Ronald Sanders' The Lower East Side Jews was formerly titled "The Downtown Jews": its reprint returns a classic to new audiences, providing a factual narrative which reads like fiction yet includes many important facts. Recommended for any library seeking a regional focus on Jewish populations.
