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ix Foreword by Deborah Dash Moore, General Editor xi General Editor’s Acknowledgments xxv Author’s Acknowledgments xxvii ■ Prologue: Neighborhood Dreams and Urban Promises 1 1 ■ Building and Sustaining Common Ground 9 2 ■ Friends or Ideologues 39 3 ■ During Catastrophe and Triumph 73 4 ■ Élan of a Jewish City 101 5 ■ Crises and Contention 127 6 ■ Amid Decline and Revival 151 7 ■ Renewed Activism 185 ■ Epilogue: In a New Millennium 211 ■ Visual Essay: An Introduction to the Visual and Material Culture of New York City Jews, 1920–2010 223 Diana L. Linden Notes 255 Bibliography 291 Index 307 About the Author 327 C O N T E N T S This page intentionally left blank ...

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