Jewish hometown associations and family circles in New York : the WPA Yiddish Writers' Group study

Author(s)

• Kliger, Hannah

Bibliographic Information

Jewish hometown associations and family circles in New York : the WPA Yiddish Writers' Group study

edited with an introduction and afterword by Hannah Kliger

（The modern Jewish experience）

Indiana University Press, c1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Hannah Kliger has provided an important service to historians . . . " -Journal of American Ethnic History " . . . Hannah Kliger has provided a valuable primary source for studying immigrant Jewry and has argued forcefully for the resiliency and adaptability of ethnic institutions as mechanisms for Jewish adaptation and survival." -American Jewish Archives Struggling to cope in a strange land, immigrants in the early years of this century gathered with compatriots from their old hometowns and with family for their social life and to form support systems. Here is an illuminating portrait of community life among Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, as seen by participants in landsmanshaftn (hometown associations) and family circles. Prepared in the 1930s through the WPA-sponsored Yiddish Writer's Group, this revealing document is published here for the first time.

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: Documenting Jewish Immigration: New York Jewish Writers and the Works Progress Administration Part Two: The WPA's "Jewish Landsmanshaftn and Family Circles in New York" An Annotated Edition Prepared by Hannah Kliger Introductory Note 1. The Present State of the Lansmanshftn 2. The Social Role of the Landsmanshaftn 3. The Constitutions of the Landsmanshaftn 4. The Souvenir Journals of the New York Landsmanshftn 5. The East European Background of the Jewish Family 6. Jewish Family Circles 7. Jewish Famlily Life in New York City 8. Three Generations Part Three: Contemporary Lanslayt in New York: Continuities and Discontinuities Bibliographic Guide Appendix From The Jewish Landsmanshftn of New York From Jewish Families and Family Circles of New York From Jewish Landsmanschaften and Family Circles in New York Notes Index Illustrations follow p. 15

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Details

• NCID: BA18301689
• ISBN:
  • 0253331285
• LCCN: 91026514
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: x, 164 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F128.9.J5
  • DC20 : 974.7/1004924
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jews, East European -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- History
  • LCSH : Jews -- New York (N.Y.) -- Families -- Societies, etc. -- History
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- History
  • LCSH : Yiddish Writers'Group (New York, N.Y.) -- History
  • LCSH : New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00248371