Making a Life, Building a Community: A History of the Jews of Hartford

by David G. Dalin, Jonathan Rosenbaum

From the back MAKING A LIFE, BUILDING A COMMUNITY places Hartford within the larger contexts of American social, urban, ethnic, and Jewish history by comparing its unique experience to those of New England and other American Jewish communities. Drawing extensively on primary sources such as synagogue minute books, newspapers, family memories, and an important new collection of oral histories, the authors skillfully document internal divisions and issues of communal cohesiveness. this careful study will be illuminating for anyone interested in American social or ethnic history and the immigrant experience.

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First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Rabbi David Gil Dalin is a Conservative rabbi, and author and co-author of several books on Jewish history. He is currently a professor of history and political science at Ave Maria University, and was previously associate professor of American Jewish history at the University of Hartford.

Dalin received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's and doctorate from Brandeis University, and his Rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

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