The Jews of Detroit: From the Beginning, 1762-1914

by Robert A. Rockaway

Book Overview

Robert Rockaway's study begins with the arrival of the first Jews in Detroit, when the city was a remote frontier outpost. He chronicles the immigration of the German Jews beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, followed by the influx of Jews from Eastern Europe. His narrative concludes on the eve of World War I, by which time the community had developed its basic social structure. It had survived the turbulent years of immigration and the process...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814318088
• ISBN13: 9780814318089
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.