Published in 1765; these are memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake; who accompanied Cherokee Indians to England. Also includes his observations of the Cherokee Indians in general.
#514409 in Books Jeffrey S Gurock 2016-10-25 2016-10-25Original language:English 9.10 x 1.10 x 6.20l; .0 #File Name: 147980116X320 pagesThe Jews of Harlem The Rise Decline and Revival of a Jewish Community
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A good book; well written and worth the time spent ...By Sheldon LazarowitzAny one interested in the Jewish Immigration to the US should read this book. It not only covers Harlem but is shows how the Jews were active in many parts of New York City. The immigration problem today and those of the Jews in Harlem were different yet very much the same. A good book;well written and worth the time spent with it;1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A good case study of contrasts of two communities in Harlem; NYC!By CustomerAn interesting book about the once populous Jewish enclave in Harlem; NYC and its relationships with African-American; who moved into the area; lived with the Jewish population; moved out; and are beginning to return there!4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A fascinating history of Harlem Jewish lifeBy Glenn RichterI was tantalized by the ghosts of Jewish Harlem past. My wife's late mother; from a Sephardic Turkish Jewish family; recalled that they had lived in East Harlem before moving to the Bronx. As a public school teacher in East Harlem in the 1970s; my wife had seen buildings which had clearly been Jewish institutions; including a Yeshiva of Harlem. Working in a Harlem New York City Housing project in the early 1990s; I'd walked around the corner and found the Temple Baptist Church; whose building at one time had been Congregation Ohab Zedek; which my wife and I now attend on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the 1980s; I had interviewed a very elderly member of the synagogue; Israel Resnick; who painted a vivid verbal image of Jewish life in Harlem in the 1910s and '20s. For instance; he recalled that when famed cantor Yossele Rosenblatt appeared monthly at OZ; so many people vied to enter the synagogue police had to maintain order. And I still have treasured video footage that I shot of Prof. Jeffrey Gurock; this book's author; leading members of our synagogue one Sunday morning in the 1990s on a bus tour of the echoes of Jewish life in lower Harlem. Dr. Gurock's initial book; "When Harlem Was Jewish" was an instant classic; sold out; and unavailable for years. So the publication of "Jewish Life in Harlem" was welcome news to me; fulfilling a curiosity of learn more of this Jewish community just north of our vibrantly Jewish Upper West Side which came; prospered; then petered out -- and now has begun to revive -- in the past 100 years. And I'm finding many friends who also are curious about Harlem Jewish life who'd find the book most interesting. Dr. Gurock moves through the beginnings of Jewish Harlem in the 1870s to its heyday in the 1910s and '20s; weaving fascinating stories from documents; quotes and recollections. My only regret is that the book ended. I would have liked to learn more about the Jews who remained in Harlem when their synagogues moved or closed down. I also would have hoped that Dr. Gurock would have detailed more about the Old Broadway Synagogue; just off West 125th Street; built in 1923. It's gallantly clinging on by dint of hardworking volunteers. As a scholar; Prof. Gurock explains that the synagogue is "three blocks west of Jewish Harlem" and more in the Columbia University neighborhood -- but really; to the rest of us; it's Harlem; without the distinctions.
