Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2020
255 pages
978-1-9788-0997-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland's twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life. The authors present the views and actions of community leaders and everyday Jews who embodied that commitment in their religious participation, educational efforts, philanthropic endeavors, and in their simple desire to live next to each other in the city's eastern suburbs. The twentieth century saw the move of Cleveland's Jews out of the center of the city, a move that only served to increase the density of Jewish life. The essays collected here draw heavily on local archival materials and present the area's Jewish past within the context of American and American Jewish studies.
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Sean Martin | John J. Grabowski
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction. Cleveland and Its Jews: New Perspectives on Communal History
- Chapter 1. "A Link in the Great American Chain": The Evolution of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland to 1940
- Chapter 2. Jewish Philanthropy in Cleveland to 1990
- Chapter 3. Abraham Hayyim Friedland and the Context, Structures, and Content of Jewish Education
- Chapter 4. Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland
- Chapter 5. Ethnic Identity and Local Politics: Abba Hillel Silver as a Community Leader and International Politician in Cleveland, 1940-1950
- Chapter 6. "She Will Be the Mary Poppins We Have Been Searching For": The Rise of Feminism and Organizational Change in the Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women
- Chapter 7. Trepidation, Tolerance, and Turnover: Jewish-Black Relations in Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1920-1960
- Chapter 8. Jewish Suburbanization and Jewish Presence in the "City without Jews"
- Chapter 9. Suburban Temple and the Creation of Postwar American Judaism
- Chapter 10. People-to-People: Cleveland's Jewish Community and the Exodus of Soviet Jews
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
