num_pages: 734
description: It was a great adventure--the emigration in the 1880s of two million Jews from East Europe to the United States. Many settled in New York, where they attempted to maintain their own Yiddish culture even while making their way into American society. Howe tells the story of these people--from sweatshop to Hollywood studio, from yeshiva to university, every aspect of Jewish life is vividly depicted.
language: English
title: World of Our Fathers: The Journey of The Eastern European Jews to America
titlecomplete: World of Our Fathers: The Journey of The Eastern European Jews to America
genres: Religion, American, Biography, Nonfiction, Jewish, Judaica, American History, New York, Judaism, History
ratings_count: 395
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award
category: History, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Francis Parkman Prize, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (NY/London)