The History of New York Jews in the 20th Century

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The Jews of New York have been favored over the past two generations with an enormous number of significant monographs about their history in 20th century and the first years of the new millennium This course will examine and evaluate a selection of the most important recent works, beginning with studies of pre-WWI life on the Lower East Side and the move to successor neighborhoods. We will then focus on the inter-war period, the post war decades and then the contemporary era.