Brownsville: The Birth, Development and Passing of a Jewish Community in New York. by Landesman, Alter F - 1969

New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 418pp, endpaper maps, Preface, Epilogue, Bibliogaphy, Notes, Index. Tall 8vo/24cm. Brown cloth gilt, in dj lightly roughed at spine end, internally fine. NF/VG-. Presentation inscription on ffep, "To /James Hurley/in esteem and friendship/sd Alter F. Landesman/Jan 25, 1970." Feature article from Sunday News August 17, 1969 titled, "Brownsville: Modern Exodus." by Bernard Rabin and Richard Braun on Rabbi Landesman and the book. The story of how a small settlement of Jews in central Brooklyn in the 1880s grew to be one of the largest and most tight-knit Jewish communities in New York over forty years. Dr. Landesman (1896- ) came to Brownsrille in 1922 and served as the executive director of the Hebrew Educational Society for more than fourty years. Also in many other Jewish leadership posts..