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Book SynopsisTold 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.
Trade Review"Will significantly enhance our knowledge of Jews in the Bay Area, especially their uniqueness among America's Jewry." American Jewish History "An absorbing and colorfully detailed story of a minority's outsized impact on its society." Publishers Weekly "Excellent and thorough." -- Dr. Morton I. Teicher The Buffalo Jewish Review "Excellent and thorough narrative." -- Morton Teicher Jewish Journal Of S.florida "Rosenbaum has written a vibrant historical narrative." -- William Toll Western Historical Qtly
Table of ContentsList 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
