The Jewish Metropolis

<p><b><i>The Jewish Metropolis</i> gives readers a fascinating whirlwind tour of Jewish New York from the 1620s to the 2020s. Every essay is enlightening erudite and thoroughly enjoyable. -Tyler Anbinder author of <i>City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York</i></b></p><p><i> The Jewish Metropolis: New York City from the 17th to the 21st Century</i> covers the entire sweep of the history of the largest Jewish community of all time. It provides an introduction to many facets of that history including: </p><p></p><ul><li>The ways in which waves of immigration shaped New York's Jewish community</li><li>Jewish cultural production in English Yiddish Ladino and German</li><li>New York’s contribution to the development of American Judaism</li><li>Jewish interaction with other ethnic and religious groups</li><li>And Jewish participation in the politics and culture of the city as a whole</li></ul> Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and includes a bibliography for further reading. <i>The Jewish Metropolis</i> captures the diversity of the Jewish experience in New York.<p></p>