The Promised City: New York's Jews 1870-1914

by Moses Rischin

Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants―a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.

Genres: Research, Jewish

342 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 1969

Reviews

[Z. Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a classic. Wonderful book by an intelligent man. If you love history, you will love this book!