Jewish Chicago: A Pictorial History
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Relive and discover the remarkable evolution and contribution of Jewish people of Chicago, from the 1840s to present day.
For many years Chicago had the third largest Jewish
population of any city in the world. Through the medium of historic photographs, this book captures the remarkable evolution of the Jewish people of Chicago, from their immigrant beginnings in the 1840s to their present-day communities. It is a story of the cultural, religious, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews. These pages bring to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape and transform today's Jewish community. The photos and maps, culled from the author's and other collections, paint a vivid and informative picture of Chicago Jewry. In addition to recalling the early immigrant German and later Eastern European Jews, this book delves into Jewish neighborhoods including the West Side, South Side, North Side, suburban communities, and Maxwell Street, a neighborhood which produced such prominent Jews as musician Benny Goodman, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, Admiral Hyman Rickover, community organizer Saul Alinsky, and CBS founder William Paley. Chicago Jews have also made contributions to the city and the nation in the arts,
commerce and industry, government service, entertainment, and labor, including seven Nobel prize winners. The images show Jews as peddlers and sweatshop workers as well as successful business entrepreneurs and professionals.
Irving Cutler
Irving Cutler, a decades-long resident of Lawndale, is professor emeritus of urban geography and author of several books and numerous articles, including two award-winning books about Chicago. He is well known for his tours by bus and boat and for his illustrated lectures on various aspects of Chicago. He is one of the founders of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society and also has served as president of the Geographic Society of Chicago.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great read. There is so much history and moments of time snapped in these many photographs.