Jewish Farmers of the Catskills: A Century of Survival

by Abraham D. Lavender, Clarence Steinberg

For almost a century, the largest concentration of Jewish farmers outside of Russia or Israel survived as a community in upstate New York, prospering on land that others in the area essentially had abandoned.

 Using archival records that date to the nineteenth century and extensive interviews with the farm families and others, Abe Lavender and Clarence Steinberg tell the story of immigrants from Eastern Europe and New York's Lower East Side who came together in the Catskill Mountains with dreams, ambitions, and fortitude to forge a common culture.
 

289 pages, Hardcover

First published March 20, 1995

Reviews

[Elyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was hoping to find mention of my maternal side of the family, who were poultry farmers in the Catskills, but no mention by name. I was pleased to find the names of people and places that were as familiar to me as my own hometown.