Satmar Jews in Brooklyn: A Zealot Community by Harry Gersh WILLIAMSBURG, one of the oldest parts of Brooklyn, is the new home of the Hasidic followers of the Satmar Rebbe.…
Gentlemen’s Agreement in Bronxville:The “Holy Square Mile” by Harry Gersh BRONXVILLE, New York, is a pleasant, handsome suburban village in lower Westchester County, fifteen miles north of New York City.…
The New Suburbanites of the 50’s:Jewish Division by Harry Gersh Looking back, we can see that our generation was a generation on the move.
From the American Scene: The Code According to Mama-Tante-Mom by Harry Gersh WHEN my Uncle Itzig was cornered in an argument he had one final answer: Who knows what's right? But actually…
The Day the FBI Came to Our House:America’s Security Police in Action by Harry Gersh It was about two-thirty in the afternoon of a warm Saturday a couple of months ago when the FBI came…
From the American Scene: The Kanliper B.&S.B.S of N.Y. by Harry Gersh My Grandfather Berl, olav hasholem, worried a lot about the younger generation. H
From the American Scene:“Kochalein”: Poor Man’s Shangri-La by Harry Gersh In the good old days when my great-uncle Zissel came to America (circa 1904) the word “fix” had two distinct…
From the American Scene: Chaplains on Land and Sea by Harry Gersh I was having a drink with this guy recently and he told me about his experiences in the war.
From the American Scene: The Jewish Paintner by Harry Gersh A delicatessen store man is different from a candy store man or a merchant, but not much.
From the American Scene: Labor Organizer: New Style by Harry Gersh Behind organized labor's rise to power in the 30's were vast economic movements and tides, government laws, and mass pressures.…
