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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560003928
• ISBN13: 9781560003922
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 4.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"