Survey of the Jewish Community of Detroit, Michigan
Author | : Bureau of Jewish Social Research (New York, N.Y) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 892 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Jews |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Bureau of Jewish Social Research (New York, N.Y) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 892 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Jews |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Demographic surveys |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Irwin J. Cohen |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738519968 |
In 1762, Chapman Abraham became the first Jew to set foot in Detroit, and the Jewish community has played a significant role in Detroit's history ever since. Sarah and Isaac Cozens formed the Beth El Society in 1850, when the census showed 51 Jewish adults living in Detroit. The cholera epidemic of 1854 claimed the life of the rabbi of Detroit's only Jewish congregation. But the community continued to grow, and to serve. Two-hundred and ten Jewish soldiers from Michigan served in the Civil War-more than one per family. Jewish Detroit chronicles in photographs the history of this remarkable community in Detroit, from its growth within the city to its migration to the suburbs, from its battles against anti-Semitism at the hands of Henry Ford and others to celebrating its own heroes like Hank Greenberg, the all-star first baseman of the Detroit Tigers.
Author | : Robert A. Rockaway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Robert Rockaway's study begins with the arrival of the first Jews in Detroit, when the city was a remote frontier outpost. He chronicles the immigration of the German Jews beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, followed by the influx of Jews from Eastern Europe. His narrative concludes on the eve of World War I, by which time the community had developed its basic social structure. It had survived the turbulent years of immigration and the process of Americanization, and had succeeded in establishing several congregations, charitable organizations, and social and cultural foundations. Rockaway relates the story of Detroit's Jews to the larger context of American ethnicity and immigration. He compares the Jewish economic and social evolution with that of other Detroit ethnic groups and of other American Jewish communities. Thus, the arrival of the German Jews is presented as part of the broader wave of immigration from Germany, where Jews were suffering increasingly restrictive social and economic sanctions. Upon their arrival in Detroit, the German Jews quickly established themselves and moved into the mainstream of the city's life. Transitions for the Eastern European Jews were not as easy. They were divided among themselves due to ethnic differences, disagreements about rituals, as well as personal idiosyncracies. In addition, class, cultural, and religious differences separated the German Jews from the Eastern Europeans. Many, victims of pogroms, arrived destitute and, consequently, put great strains on the established Jewish community as it tried to support the new immigrants. The large number of new Jewish immigrants also stirred anti-Semitic feelings in the city, making assimilation more difficult. During the period under study, Detroit's Jews suffered almost total exclusion in the social sphere, despite significant gains in the economic and civic arenas. Detroit's social elite remained almost totally Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Nevertheless, through work and unflagging determination, they rose to solid economic status. At the same time, they maintained their identity while participating in Detroit's civic, political, and cultural life.
Author | : Daniel Judah Elazar |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Jews |
ISBN | : 1590450671 |
Author | : Barry Stiefel |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2006-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 143961685X |
After the end of World War II, Americans across the United States began a mass migration from the urban centers to suburbia. Entire neighborhoods transplanted themselves. The Jewish Community of Metro Detroit: 1945 "2005 provides a pictorial history of the Detroit Jewish community's transition from the city to the suburbs outside of Detroit. For the Jewish communities, life in the Detroit suburbs has been focused on family within a pluralism that embraces the spectrum of experience from the most religiously devout to the ethnically secular. Holidays, bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, and funerals have marked the passage of time. Issues of social justice, homeland, and religion have divided and brought people together. The architecture of the structures the Detroit Jewish community has erected, such as Temple Beth El designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, testifies to the community's presence.