The Enduring Community: The Jews of Newark and MetroWest

by William Helmreich and William B. Helmreich

Book Overview

From its founding in the late seventeenth century, Newark, New Jersey, was a vibrant and representative center of Jewish life in America. Geographically and culturally situated between New York City and its outlying suburbs, Newark afforded Jewish residents the advantages of a close-knit community along with the cultural abundance and social dynamism of urban life. In Newark, all of the representative stages of modern Jewish experience were enacted,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076580493X
• ISBN13: 9780765804938
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"