"The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews

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"The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews (Modern Jewish History)

The New York Timesâ€“bestselling history of the Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland who altered the American landscape from New York to Hollywood.

The wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who swept into New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by way of Ellis Island were not welcomed by the Jews who had arrived decades before. These refugees from czarist Russia and the Polish shtetls who came to America to escape pogroms and persecution were considered barbaric, uneducated, and too steeped in the traditions of the â€œold countryâ€ to be accepted by the more refined and already well-established German-Jewish community. But the new arrivals were tough, passionate, and determined, and in no time they were moving up from the ghetto tenements of New Yorkâ€™s Lower East Side to make their marks and their fortunes across the country in a variety of fields, from media and popular music to fashion, motion pictures, and even organized crime.
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Among the unforgettable personages author Stephen Birmingham profiles are radio pioneer David Sarnoff, makeup mogul Helena Rubinstein, Hollywood tycoons Samuel Goldwyn and Harry Cohn, Broadway composer Irving Berlin, and mobster Meyer Lansky. From the author of â€œOur Crowdâ€, comes this treasure trove of fascinating tales and unforgettable â€œrags-to-richesâ€ success stories that celebrates the indomitable spirit of a unique community.

Country	USA
Author	Stephen Birmingham
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781504026291
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Open Road Media
Manufacturer	Open Road Media
NumberOfPages	434
PublicationDate	2015-12-01
Publisher	Open Road Media
ReleaseDate	2015-12-01
Studio	Open Road Media

"The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews (Modern Jewish History)

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