Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul A Summer on the Lower East Side |
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Author:
| Boyarin, Jonathan |
ISBN: | 978-0-8232-5404-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a narrative ethnography, in journal form, documenting the life of a small Orthodox Jewish congregation on the Lower East Side of New York in the summer of 2008. The text focuses on the arrival of a newer generation of congregants who are both younger and more transient than the previous immigrant generation. The synagogue and its social life are also portrayed as a microcosm of the gentrification of the neighborhood and resistance to that gentrification.
This is a narrative ethnography, in journal form, documenting the life of a small Orthodox Jewish congregation on the Lower East Side of New York in the summer of 2008. The text focuses on the arrival of a newer generation of congregants who are both younger and more transient than the previous immigrant generation. The synagogue and its social life are also portrayed as a microcosm of the gentrification of the neighborhood and resistance to that gentrification.