Located in the ravaged urban landscape of th South Bronx, the Intervale Jewish Center is the last synagogue still in regular use in a rapidly changing neighborhood. This unique congregation represents the struggle of individuals to maintain their dignity, independence, and faith over the years. In The Miracle of Intervale Avenue, Jack Kugelmass tells the inspiring story of a community that continues to see the area as its own, as a place they steadfastly refuse to abandon despite a major shift in the ethnic demography of the South Bronx and an increase in violent crime. A classic ethnography of American Jewish life, The MIracle of Intervale Avenue has now been brought up to date. In a new closing chapter and epilogue, Kugelmass shows how the congregation has adapted to the radical changes in the neighborhood, bringing closure to this poignant work. Now with 38 photographs of the community over the years, the book covers the slow econmic resurgence of the South Bronx and discusses the revitalizing effect of the congregation's new members, including blacks and Latinos.

The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx (Morningside Books)

History

Kugelmass, Jack

Americas

Columbia University Press

Kugelmass, Jack, Boyarin, Jonathan

From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry

Boyarin, Jonathan

World

Schocken Books

Profiles the dwindling elderly Jewish congregation of the Intervale Jewish Center, the last synagogue in New York's South Bronx

The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx

Under American New Historicism and British Cultural Studies, increasing attention has been paid to the idea of the nation as a discursive construct. 'Writing' Nation and 'Writing' Region in America looks at the various regionalisms in American culture as comparable constructs, and more specifically at 'writing region' as a subsidiary or counter-discourse to 'writing nation'. The various articles in the volume pursue this topic from a variety of (inter)disciplinary perspectives: historical, sociological, anthropological, geographical, cinematic, and literary.

Writing Nation and 'Writing' Region in America (European Contributions to American Studies, 33)

Literature & Fiction

Robin, Ron

Raymond, C. Elizabeth

Moore, Gene M.

Gray, Richard

Peacock, John

Saldívar-Hull, Sonia

Honnighausen, Lothar

Bockting, Ineke

Bosscher, Doeko

Carafiol, Peter

Deutsch, James I.

Dorst, John

Eysberg, C. D.

Kaenel, Andre

Leenhouts, Anneke

Neinstein, Raymond L.

Oostrum, Duco Van

Romeyn, Esther

Scheele, Andrea

History & Criticism

Vu Univ Pr Amsterdam

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