Bibliography of

North American Jewish Community Books

Pennsylvania

 

  1. By Myself I'm A Book: An Oral History of the Immigrant Jewish Experience in Pittsburgh – Ailon Shiloah, Waltham, MA, Am. Jewish Historical Soc., 1972
  2. Consider the years; the story of the Jewish community of Easton, 1752-1942 – Joshua Trachtenberg, place and date not known
  3. Continuity and change: 75th anniversary exhibit, the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, November 1-28, 1976: catalog – Ruth A. Corson, exhibit director., Philadelphia, PA, The Federation, 1976
  4. Deeds of love: a history of the Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia-- America's first Jewish orphanage – Jules Doneson, New York, NY, Vantage Press, 1996
  5. Fiftieth anniversary, Temple Beth El, Front & Wisconsin Sts. – Harrisburg, PA, The Temple, 1976
  6. From ghetto to emancipation: historical and contemporary reconsiderations of the Jewish community – 7edited by David N. Myers and William V. Rowe, Scranton, PA, University of Scranton Press, Buffalo, New York, NY, Distribution, University of Toronto Press, 1997. Related Names: Myers, David N. Rowe, William V., 1951
  7. Guide to Jewish Philadelphia: everything Jewish in the Philadelphia area – Lillian Youman, Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, 1994
  8. Guidebook to Jewish Philadelphia: history, landmarks, donors of the Jewish community for the life of Philadelphia, 1703-1965 – Esther M. Klein., Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Jewish Times Institute, 1965
  9. Insecure Prosperity: Small-Town Jews in Industrial America, 1980-1940 (story of the Jewish community in pre-World War II Johnstown) – Ewa Morawska, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1996
  10. Jews of Harrisburg – Michael Coleman
  11. Lancaster's first Jewish community, 1715 to 1804: the era of Joseph Simon – David Brener. Lancaster, PA, Lancaster County Historical Society, 1976
  12. Lancaster's gates of heaven: portals to the past: the 19th century Jewish community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, 1856-1976 – Lancaster, PA, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, 1976
  13. Listen to our words: oral histories of the Jewish community of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania – general editors, Richard David Wissolik, Jennifer Campion, Barbara Wissolik; editors, Erica Wissolik..., et al.; introductory remarks by Ronald E. Tranquilla..., et al.. Latrobe, PA, Saint Vincent College, 1997
  14. North of Society Hill and Other Stories (Jewish Philadelphia, 1900-1950) – William B. Richter, North Quincy, MA, The Christopher Publishing House. 1970
  15. Pittsburgh and beyond: the experience of the Jewish community: a guide to the NCJW Pittsburgh Section oral history collection – Emmet J. Devine, with contributions by Elizabeth Ann Roberts and Richard J. Smith. Pittsburgh, PA, National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section, 1993
  16. Pittsburgh-Direct. The Pittsburgh Jewish society book; comprising the names and addresses of members and the history of Jewish organizations, also a history of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh – no date shown
  17. Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America – Dianne Ashton, Wayne State Univ. Press, 1997
  18. Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel; its first 100 years, 1847-1947 – Philadelphia, PA, 1950
  19. Statistical data of the Jewish religious schools of Baltimore, Maryland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA, 1909
  20. Statistical data of the Jewish religious schools of Philadelphia for 1906-1907 – collected by Julius H. Greenstone. Philadelphia, PA, 1907
  21. Strawberry mansion : the Jewish community of North Philadelphia – Allen Meyers, Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1999
  22. The Changing Pattern of the Distribution of the Jewish Population of Pittsburgh from Earliest Settlement to 1963 – Leonard Irvin Kuntz, Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 1973
  23. The Har Zion Temple, Philadelphia, PA, 1924-1949 =, Bet ha-keneset Har Tsiyon, 684-709: a quarter century of service – Samuel Sussman, Philadelphia, PA, The Temple, 1949
  24. The history of Jewish education in Philadelphia, 1782-1873: from the erection of the first synagogue to the closing of the Maimonides College – David Uriah Todes. Washington, DC, D.U. Todes, 1990
  25. The history of the Jews of Philadelphia from colonial times to the age of Jackson – Edwin Wolf, 2d, and Maxwell Whiteman, Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1957
  26. The History of the Jews of Western Pennsylvania – Jacob Feldman
  27. The Jewish community of Pittsburgh, December, 1938; a sample study – Maurice Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA, 1941
  28. The Jewish community of Pittsburgh: a population study – Pittsburgh, PA, United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, 1963
  29. The Jewish community of South Philadelphia – Allen Meyers, Charleston, SC, Arcadia, 1998
  30. The Jewish community of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: a collection of oral histories, 1991-1992 – general editor, Richard David Wissolik; associate editors, Michelle Howatineck..., et al.; consulting editor, Erica Wissolik; interviewers and editors, Michelle Howatineck..., et al.. Latrobe, PA, Saint Vincent College Center for Northern Appalachian Studies/Oral History Program in cooperation with the Westmoreland Jewish Community Council of the United Jewish Federation, 1993
  31. The Jewish experience in western Pennsylvania: a history, 1755-1945 – Jacob S. Feldman. Pittsburgh, PA, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1986
  32. The Jewish quarter of Philadelphia: a history and guide, 1881-1930 – Harry D. Boonin, Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Walking Tours of Philadelphia, 1999
  33. The Jews in Philadelphia prior to 1800 – Philadelphia, PA, E. Stern & co., 1883
  34. The Jews of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: A Story with Two Beginnings – David A. Brener, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA, 1979
  35. The Jews of Philadelphia: their history from the earliest settlements to the present time; a record of events and institutions, and of leading members of the Jewish community in every sphere of activity – by Henry S. Morrais, Philadelphia, PA, The Levytype Co., 1894
  36. The Jews of Wilkes-Barre: 150 years (1845-1995) in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania – edited by Marjorie Levin, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley, 1999
  37. The Philadelphia Group and Philadelphia Jewish history: a guide to archival and bibliographic collections – Dianne Ashton., Philadelphia, PA, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, 1993
  38. Traditions in transition: Jewish culture in Philadelphia, 1840-1940: an exhibition in the Museum of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, April 24-October 21, 1989 – edited by Gail F. Stern. Philadelphia, PA, The Institute; Lanham, MD, Distributed by AASLH Library, 1989
  39. Voices from Marshall Street: Jewish life in a Philadelphia neighborhood, 1920-1960 – Elaine Krasnow Ellison and Elaine Mark Jaffe. Philadelphia, PA, Camino Books, 1994
  40. Voices of Hazleton: a century of Jewish life – Jeannette F. Miller, Hazleton, PA, J.F. Miller, 1993
  41. When Philadelphia was the capital of Jewish America – edited by Murray Friedman. Philadelphia, PA, Balch Institute Press; London, Associated University Presses, 1993