Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History

by Amy Hill Shevitz

When westward expansion began in the early nineteenth century, the Jewish population of the United States was only 2,500. As Jewish immigration surged over the century between 1820 and 1920, Jews began to find homes in the Ohio River Valley. In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and evolution of Jewish communities in small towns on both banks of the river -- towns such as East Liverpool and Portsmouth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124301
• ISBN13: 9780813124308
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher