Emerrging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920 (NYU Press, 2012) is the second volume of City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, a three-volume series that is, surprisingly enough, the first ever comprehensive history of New York Jews. The series, overseen by scholar Deborah Dash Moore, tells the story of the largest Jewish community in Jewish history. Read more…
Fall Yiddish Class Registration Now Open
Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Yiddish classes will be held at the YIVO Institute, October-December. Register today! Read more…
From the Pages of Yedies by Roberta Newman
While there is plenty of Jewish anxiety these days about Jews associated with Wall Street scandals and financial scams (e.g., Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme), attention paid to Jewish perpetrators of non-white-collar crimes is considerably less common. Read more…
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