THE JEWS OF CHICAGO from Shtetl to Suburb

CUTLER, IRVING

ISBN 10: 0252021851 / ISBN 13: 9780252021855

Published by UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS, URBANA, ILL., 1996

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SIGNED BY AUTHOR: "TO ISRAEL & JUDITH JACOBS, WITH BEST WISHES, 3 JULY, 2004.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE JEWS OF CHICAGO from Shtetl to Suburb
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS, URBANA, ILL.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252021851
• ISBN 13: 9780252021855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG
• Signed: INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR
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Synopsis

Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, The Jews of Chicago is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews. This edition of Irving Cutler's definitive historical volume also includes a new foreword written by the author.

 

The first comprehensive history of Chicago's Jewish population in eighty years, The Jews of Chicago brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today's Jewish community. Cutler intertwines neighborhood histories with representative biographical vignettes of some of Chicago's best known figures, such as Edna Ferber, Saul Bellow, Benny Goodman, Mel Tormé, Studs Terkel, Paul Muni, Mandy Patinkin, Emil G. Hirsch, Julius Rosenwald, Dankmar Adler, Arthur Goldberg, Philip Klutznick, and many others. From their roots in the Old Country to their present-day communities, Cutler captures in extraordinary detail the remarkable saga of the Jews of Chicago.

About the Author

Irving Cutler is professor emeritus of geography at Chicago State University and a founding member of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society. He has written extensively on Chicago and is well known for his tours by boat and bus and for his illustrated lectures on Chicago.