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Contents ILLUSTRATIONS / 9 TABLES / 11 MAPS / 14 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / 15 INTRODUCTION / 18 1. Refuge from Germany / 22 2. The Jewish Community in Germany / 27 3. Establishment of the Washington Heights Community / 39 4. Economic Adjustment and Communal Consolidation / 57 5. The Social Structure / 66 6. The Institutional Framework / 101 7. The Religious Spectrum / 140 8. The Immigrant Culture / 163 9. Relations between the Generations / 189 10. A "Changing Neighborhood" / 212 11. Patterns of Ethnic Identity / 239 12. Reflections on Acculturation and Ethnic Survival / 254 7 CONTENTS METHODOLOGICAL ESSAY / 265 NOTES / 270 BIBLIOGRAPHY / 330 INDEX / 338 8 ...

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