Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic

Autorentext
Karen Wilson is the Kahn Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of History, and guest curator of the Autry National Center's exhibition, Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic.

Klappentext
"This is the first serious book on Los Angeles Jewish history to come along in half a century. It covers the gamut of LA Jewish life from labor unions to the movies and music to three distinctly different Jewish women who shaped Los Angeles politics."Bruce A. Phillips, Senior Research Fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

"Los Angeles Jewry, its past and its present, deserve a book like this. The history of the Jews of this city goes back into the middle of the nineteenth century. Given this span of time, the internal developments and diversity of the Jews of Los Angeles and their impact on America as a whole make their history a subject worthy of study. This is a fine piece of work."Hasia Diner, New York University

"Thank you Karen Wilson for opening the door. From Becoming Angelenos to White Christmases and Hanukkah Mambos the five topical essays in this collection reveal the complex and intertwined relationship between Los Angeles and its Jewish population. L.A. has the 4th largest Jewish population, but no uniform Jewish identity. Readers who engage with Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic will be led on a thought-provoking journey through a community where the idea of a stereotypical Jew is oxymoronic."Ava F. Kahn, co-author of Jews of the Pacific Coast

Zusammenfassung
Reveals how Los Angeles has shaped Jewish identities and how Jewish Angelenos have shaped the metropolis. In this title, six essays look at the mutual influence of people and place as they examine Jewish engagement with frontier society, yidishe kultur and union activism, ethnic identity and Hollywood movies, and Jewish women and local politics.

Inhalt
Introduction: Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic
Karen S. Wilson

1. Becoming Angelenos
Karen S. Wilson

2. Reexamining Los Angeles' Lower East Side: Jewish Bakers Union Local 453 and Yiddish Food Culture in 1920s Boyle Heights
Caroline Luce

3. Letting Jews Be Jews: Ethnicity and Hollywood, Its Fall and Rise
Kenneth Turan

4. At the Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity, and the City: Three Jewish Women in Los Angeles Politics
Amy Hill Shevitz

5. White Christmases and Hanukkah Mambos: Jews and the Making of Popular Music in L.A.
Josh Kun

Notes
Suggested Readings
Contributors
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Index

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