A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York AUTH-5886195 ISBN13: 9781518864827

ISBN13: 9781518864827

Published: 02/01/1996

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A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York AUTH-5886195 ISBN13: 9781518864827In a compelling history of the Jewish community in New York during four decades of mass immigration, Tony Michels examines the defining role of the Yiddish socialist movement in the American Jewish experience. The movement, founded in the 1880s, was dominated by Russian speaking intellectuals, including Abraham Cahan, Mikhail Zametkin, and Chaim Zhitlovsky. Socialist leaders quickly found Yiddish essential to convey their message to the Jewish