Welcome to this new & developing page on Bronx Jewish history.
For information on Jewish life in the Bronx, try searching by keyword in the following resources:
Image credit: Ground plan of apartment buildings of Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Drawing. Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Department of Labor, Vol. 27 no.2. August 1928.
Freedomland [electronic resource] : Co-op City and the Story of New York by 
Working-Class Utopias : A History of Cooperative Housing in New York City by 
Jewish New York : The Remarkable Story of a City and a People by 
City of Promises : A History of the Jews of New York, 3 vols. by 
Parkchester : A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity by 
Lost Synagogues of the Bronx and Queens by 
Boulevard of Dreams : Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by 
New York Jews and the Great Depression : Uncertain Promise by 
Unfinished People : Eastern European Jews Encounter America by 
The Miracle of Intervale Avenue : The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx by At Home in America : Second Generation New York Jews by 
The Women's Garment Workers : A History of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union by 
Image credit: Awake and Sing. Poster. Federal Theater Project. n.d. Library of Congress.
A play by Clifford Odets set in the Bronx. See this play and other works by Odets in the Library Catalog.
Theses and dissertations can be helpful when researching the Jewish Bronx. Here are a few examples:
→ To search for more examples, use the database below:
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