By Steven M. Lowenstein
The 20,000 German Jews who fled Hitler's Germany and settled in Washington Heights have been strange in lots of methods. They preserved their Jewish id whereas fostering a tradition that was once nonetheless seriously German-a tricky mix in gentle in their origins.
In his examine of this immigrant workforce, Steven Lowenstein strives for extra chronicle in their associations and leaders. He analyzes either the social constitution of the neighborhood and the people tradition of the immigrants. He offers with such concerns because the formal nature of German Jewish cultural type, the relationships among the generations, and intergroup kinfolk. utilizing organizational announcements, surveys, interviews, and private observations and anecdotes, Lowenstein paints an image of a distinct way of life now within the strategy of merging into American Jewry and disappearing.
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2 At first the neighborhood was considered far from downtown, but the development of subway and bus links to the city's center led to rapid development. Eventually all of Washington Heights was covered with apartment buildings, mostly of the red brick fiveand six-story variety. 3 The date of development differed in various parts of the Washington Heights area. 4 At the time the refugees arrived, the entire neighborhood, with few exceptions, was covered with apartment houses. 39 FRANKFURT ON THE HUDSON MAP!.
At about the same time (October 1938) the nucleus of the later Separatist Orthodox K'hal Adath Jeshurun came into existence. In 1939 three additional synagogues were founded, and, in 1940, three more. Thereafter only three additional congregations were founded. Many other community institutions also date to the last 49 FRANKFURT ON THE HUDSON months of 1938 and first months of 1939, among them the Immigrant Jewish War Veterans (1938), the Orthodox Agudath Israel of Washington Heights (1939), several kindergartens, and numerous businesses.
This phenomenon certainly played a role in Washington Heights. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that the physical layout of the area may have played a role. Besides the generally middle-class nature of the area, the parks and hills were especially inviting. 8 In the words of Ernest Stock, "The . . gentility of the neighborhood, . . "9 A number of observers report that the neighborhood had plentiful and inexpensive housing. The building program of the 1920s seems to have been overambitious, and the depression reduced the demand for middle-class housing.