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Milstein Conference on New York and the American Jewish Experience

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Selected Readings

92nd St Y

Converging Movements by Naomi M. Jackson  92nd St Y

Selection from Introduction, Pages  1-8

Reproduced by permission of Wesleyan University Press

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Educational Alliance

Beacon of Light for an Immigrant Community  Educational Alliance

Courtesy of Center for Jewish History
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FEGS Health & Human Services

Excerpt from New York Jews and the Great Depression by Beth S. Wenger  FEGS Health & Human Services

Selection from New York Jews and the Great Depression by Beth S. Wenger, Chapter 1, "An Ethnic Economy," Pages 25-31

Reproduced by permission of  Yale University Press, 1996  Hardcover
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Syracuse University Press, 1999.  Softcover

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NYANA

Excerpt from The Lamp Beside the Golden Door by Joshua M. Friedland  NYANA

Chapter 3,  "Resettling the  Displaced Person,"  pages 19-42
Courtesy, New York Association for New Americans, Inc. 

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Surprise Lake Camp

Excerpt from History of Surprise Lake Camp by Jack Holman  Surprise Lake Camp

Chapter:  "Early History" p. 10-19

Courtesy of Surprise Lake Camp

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