Author: United Hebrew Charities of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Annual Report of the United Hebrew Charities of Chicago
Author: United Hebrew Charities of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
History of Chicago, Volume III
Author: Bessie Louise PiercePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226668428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city’s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city’s growth—from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world’s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World’s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. “With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first ‘century of progress.’”—E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)
Sundays at Sinai
Author: Tobias BrinkmannPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226074560
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
First established 150 years ago, Chicago Sinai is one of America’s oldest Reform Jewish congregations. Its founders were upwardly mobile and civically committed men and women, founders and partners of banks and landmark businesses like Hart Schaffner & Marx, Sears & Roebuck, and the giant meatpacking firm Morris & Co. As explicitly modern Jews, Sinai’s members supported and led civic institutions and participated actively in Chicago politics. Perhaps most radically, their Sunday services, introduced in 1874 and still celebrated today, became a hallmark of the congregation. In Sundays at Sinai, Tobias Brinkmann brings modern Jewish history, immigration, urban history, and religious history together to trace the roots of radical Reform Judaism from across the Atlantic to this rapidly growing American metropolis. Brinkmann shines a light on the development of an urban reform congregation, illuminating Chicago Sinai’s practices and history, and its contribution to Christian-Jewish dialogue in the United States. Chronicling Chicago Sinai’s radical beginnings in antebellum Chicago to the present, Sundays at Sinai is the extraordinary story of a leading Jewish Reform congregation in one of America’s great cities.
List of Works Relating to the History and Condition of the Jews in Various Countries
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Annual Report. Of the Board of Directors, of the Chicago Public Library, June, 1883
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385357152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Annual Report of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities
Author: Federation of Jewish Charities in BrooklynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Juvenile Court of Cook County, Illinois
Author: Cook County (Ill.). Committee to investigate operation of Juvenile courtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile courts
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Biennial Session of the National Conference of Jewish Charities in the United States
Author: National Conference of Jewish Charities (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Reports of the Jewish Charities of Chicago ...
Author: Chicago (Ill.). Associated Jewish CharitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
The Jews of Chicago
Author: Irving CutlerPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252021855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photos, this fascinating history of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today's Jewish communities. 15 maps. Graphs & tables.