A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York

by Tony Michels

Book Overview

In a compelling history of the Jewish community in New York during four decades of mass immigration, Tony Michels examines the defining role of the Yiddish socialist movement in the American Jewish experience.

The movement, founded in the 1880s, was dominated by Russian-speaking intellectuals, including Abraham Cahan, Mikhail Zametkin, and Chaim Zhitlovsky. Socialist leaders quickly found Yiddish essential to convey their message to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674032438
• ISBN13: 9780674032439
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.8"