Middletown Jews The Tenuous Survival of an American Jewish Community

Name: Middletown Jews The Tenuous Survival of an American Jewish Community
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ISBN: 9780253212061

ISBN-10: 0253212065

ISBN-13: 9780253212061

Edition: 1998

Authors: Dan Rottenberg

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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Dan Rottenberg has published five books and hundreds of articles. He is also the editor of Philadelphia Forum, a weekly paper he founded in 1996.Dwight W. Hoover was Professor of History at Ball State University and is the author of several books, including A Pictorial History of Indiana.



Preface: Beyond the Lower East Side



Editor's Note



Introduction: To Be a Jew in Middletown




The Beautiful Steak with the Pat of Butter




"I'm the Jew You're Talking About"




The Klansman's Beneficiary




At Home with Gentiles




"Muncie Will Always Be Home to Me"




"You Were Not Dealing with Urban People"




Avoiding the "Note of Hatred"




"You Can't Be Anonymous"




The Gentile Wife




Mankind Is Improving




"There Was No Other Temple"




Reform vs. Orthodox




An Instinct for Survival




A Jew Who Went Fishing




Tending to Business




From Metropolis to County Seat




"Nobody Seemed to Give a Damn Who Went to Church"




Where the Klan Still Lives




The Great Transformation



Epilogue: Since 1979


Afterword



Bibliography