The Synagogues of New York's Lower East Side: A Retrospective and Contemporary View by Gerard R. Wolfe textbook With Introduction by Brad Meltzer

With Introduction by Brad Meltzer

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The Synagogues of New York's Lower East Side: A Retrospective and Contemporary View by Gerard R. Wolfe textbook With Introduction by Brad MeltzerIt has often been said that nowhere in the United States can one find a greater collection of magnificent and historic synagogues than on New Yorks Lower East Side. As the ultimate destination for millions of immigrant eastern European Jews during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it became the new homeland and hoped for goldene medinah (promised land) for immigrants fleeing persecution, poverty, and oppression, while struggling to live a new