Jewish Community of Staten Island

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a small group of Jewish immigrants carved out their own vibrant community in Staten Island. Jewish settlers clustered around the Arietta Street, St. George, Bergen Point, and Perth Amboy ferries and built seven synagogues and a Jewish community center. Jewish dry goods, candy, hardware, and men's furnishings stores sprung up along the major shopping areas of Jersey Street and Richmond Avenue. As the Jewish population grew, it expanded into new
developments in Willowbrook, Eltingville, and Arden Heights and was able to support a Jewish elementary school.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/01/2004
ISBN: 9781531608880
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d