Jewish Bridges
East to West
Published on 24. September 1996
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-275-95463-5 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1648, Eastern Jews have moved west in large numbers. They brought with them skills learned in ghettos that could be adapted to fit social problems and commercial niches in the industrialized societies of the west. Jews from Eastern Europe played a particularly strong role in the fields of social work, the fur trade, textiles, and entertainment. They have also played a major part in the ideologies of Zionism and Marxism. This book examines the migration of Jews from the east and describes the roles they have taken in the west.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
334 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-95463-5 (9780275954635)
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MICHAEL COHN is Adjunct Anthropologist at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City and a guest lecturer at the University of Leipzig and Schiller University, Jena, Germany. He has spent twenty-five years teaching at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. His other publications include Jews in Germany 1945-1993 (Praeger, 1994).
Content
Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments The Eastern Setting Pressures on Eastern European Jewry The Migration of Ideas The Fur Business Cloth and Clothing The Music Makers From Badkhen to Hollywood Images of the Ghetto Glossary Selected Bibliography Index