The Synagogues of New York's Lower East Side: A Retrospective and Contemporary View, 2nd Edition

by Jo Renée Fine and Gerard R. Wolfe

Book Overview

It has often been said that nowhere in the United States can one find a greater collection of magnificent and historic synagogues than on New York's Lower East Side. As the ultimate destination for millions of immigrant eastern European Jews during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it became the new homeland and
hoped-for goldene medinah (promised land) for immigrants fleeing persecution, poverty, and oppression, while struggling to live...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823250008
• ISBN13: 9780823250004
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 8.1"