Deborah Dash Moore, Howard Rock and Daniel Soyer on City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m., Room 8316 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Deborah Dash Moore
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (NYU Press, $99), overseen by Deborah Dash Moore, is a sweeping three-volume chronicle of the Jewish experience in the largest Jewish city in the world. Beginning in 1654, when 23 Dutch Jews first set eyes on the colony of New Amsterdam right through until today, City of Promises uses original research and illustrations in this path-breaking interpretation of the Jewish and American experience. “A highly valuable and vastly immersing study of how New York came to be considered a Jewish city.”—Publishers Weekly. Moore is a professor of history and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.
Howard B. Rock
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (NYU Press, $99) is a sweeping three-volume chronicle of the Jewish experience in the largest Jewish city in the world. Beginning in 1654, when 23 Dutch Jews first set eyes on the colony of New Amsterdam right through until today, City of Promises uses original research and illustrations in this path-breaking interpretation of the Jewish and American experience. “A highly valuable and vastly immersing study of how New York came to be considered a Jewish city.”—Publishers Weekly. Howard B. Rock, one of the contributing writers on the project, has written extensively on the history of New York City. His first book, Artisans of the New Republic, triggered a new interest in artisan studies. His most recent work, Cityscapes: A History of New York in Images was a graphic analysis of New York’s 350 year history.
Daniel Soyer
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (NYU Press, $99), overseen by Deborah Dash Moore, is a sweeping three-volume chronicle of the Jewish experience in the largest Jewish city in the world. Beginning in 1654, when 23 Dutch Jews first set eyes on the colony of New Amsterdam right through until today, City of Promises uses original research and illustrations in this path-breaking interpretation of the Jewish and American experience. “A highly valuable and vastly immersing study of how New York came to be considered a Jewish city.”—Publishers Weekly. Daniel Soyer is Professor and Chair of History at Fordham University.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 8316 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
Share
Email
