The Jews of Oregon, 1850-1950

by Steven M. Lowenstein

Book by Lowenstein, Steven

Genres: History

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Steven Lowenstein, scholar, teacher, and a writer was born in New York in 1945 into a family of German –Jewish refugees.

He received his master’s degree from the Princeton University in 1969 and went on earning doctorate degree from the Princeton University in 1972.

He taught at a number of universities, including Columbia University and Monmouth College, and worked as a researcher at YIVO and Leo Baeck Institute.

In the late 1970s Dr. Lowenstein moved to California where he is teaching Jewish history at the American Jewish University (formed from the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute).

Beginning in the late 1970s Steven Lowenstein served as Isadore Levine Professor of Jewish History at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California, USA.

He is the author of a large number of scholarly works, including The Jewish Cultural Tapestry: International Jewish Folk Traditions; The Berlin Jewish Community: Enlightenment, Family and Crisis, 1770-1830; and Frankfurt on the Hudson: The German-Jewish Community of Washington Heights, 1933-1983, Its structure and Culture.

Reviews

[Lee Weinstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well-researched book into Oregon’s Jewish history by Portland lawyer and City Hall staffer, Steven Lowenstein. Excellent stories and remembrances throughout, including Neighborhood House, Meier & Frank, Oregon’s first Jewish governor and more. An essential, go-to book, with wonderful photos and interviews.

[Daniel Frontino Elash]

Jewish Historical Society of Oregon published this in 1987. it is slick and, i'm sure, fascinating, though i don't know the particular historian's line, my time here is running late.