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The Jewish American Secret Police

A Jewish community organization in New York dealt with myriad issues, even creating an internal police force to deal with rising crime Hadassah Assouline In early September 1908, the chief of the New York City...

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Issue 11 | July 2012

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Strength in Numbers

Jeffrey S. Gurock

In New York circa 1900, Jewish identity was in the streets and in the air; one in four New Yorkers was Jewish, and formal religious affiliation felt unnecessary. Fifty years later, suburban Jews needed communal...

The Hitchhikers’ Guide to Jew York

דב קסלמן

Whatever your taste in Judaism, New York has something to offer: Orthodox Implies meticulous observance of Jewish law. The Orthodox spectrum is split on issues such as secular education, the role of women, and the...

New York

Jewish as Can Be

Rachel Gordan

Are New York’s Jews opting for more Judaism or less? Is their Jewishness nothing more than bagels and lox, or is the growing visibility of ultra- Orthodox communities an indication of future trends? Rachel Gordan...

No Business Like Show Business

Yuval Rivlin

Broadway was a springboard to integration for talented Jewish arrivals from Europe, yet their musicals’ immigrant themes are unmistakable Yuval Rivlin When asked to define modern Jewish identity, Sigmund Freud often responded with a story....

Off the Boat

שרה ג´ו בן צבי

Between 1824 and 1924, thirty-four million Europeans immigrated to the United States, including some three million Jews. In the 19th century, this journey took several months; families traveled on foot and by carriage and train...

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