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Zusatztext "Rosenbaum has written a vibrant historical narrative." Informationen zum Autor Fred Rosenbaum is the Founding Director of Lehrhaus Judaica! the largest school for adult Jewish education in the American West! and the author of Visions of Reform: Congregation Emanu-El and the jews of San Francisco ! among other books. He has also taught modern Jewish history at the Graduate Theological Union! the University of San Francisco! and San Francisco State University. Rosenbaum is the award-winning author of seven books on Bay Area Jewish history and the Holocaust including most recently! with Eva Libitzky! Out on a Ledge: Enduring the Lodz Ghetto! Auschwitz! and Beyond. Klappentext "At last, the Jews of San Francisco Bay have a history worthy of their community's storied past. Engaging, well documented, and brimming with insights, Cosmopolitans captures the vibrancy, the distinctiveness, the highlights and the lowlights of San Francisco Jewry. This is Fred Rosenbaum's magnum opus, the product of more than three decades of research."—Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History "Many are surprised to learn that Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area are epicenters of Jewish-American civilization. In point of fact, no single community has contributed comparably to the rise and development of this region—and no book tells this story better than Fred Rosenbaum's Cosmopolitans ."—Kevin Starr, University of Southern California Zusammenfassung Told through a range of characters and events, this title illuminates many aspects of Jewish life in the area: the high profile of Jewish women, extraordinary achievements in the business world, the cultural creativity of the second generation, the bitter debate about the proper response to the Holocaust and Zionism, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Boomtown: Tumult and Triumph in Gold Rush San Francisco 2. Woven into the Fabric: The Confident Community of the Gilded Age 3. Rooted Cosmopolitans: The Cultural Creativity of the Second Generation 4. Eden on the Pacific: The Challenges to Judaism at the Turn of the Century 5. Healing California: Jewish Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Progressive Era 6. Trials: Firestorms and Corruption! Terrorism and World War 7. With a Yiddish Accent: East European Jewish Neighborhoods 8. Good Times: The Jewish Elite between the Wars 9. Both Sides of the Barricades: Jews and Class Conflict during the Depression 10. Cataclysms: Responses to the Holocaust and Zionism Epilogue: Legacies of the First Century Notes Index ...
