Philadelphia Jewish life, 1940-2000 / edited by Murray Friedman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index.

Foreword / E. Digby Baltzell -- Introduction to the New Edition: The Eighties to a New Century / Murray Friedman and Andrew Harrison -- Introduction: From Outsiders to Insiders? Philadelphia Jewish Life, 1940-1985 / Murray Friedman -- 1. Philadelphia Jewry, the Holocaust and the Birth of the Jewish State -- Philadelphia Jewry and the Holocaust / Philip Rosen, Robert Tabak and David Gross -- Four Fateful Years: Philadelphia's Jews and the Creation of the State of Israel / Philip Rosen -- 2. The Opposition to Zionism: The American Council for Judaism Under the Leadership of Rabbi Louis Wolsey and Lessing Rosenwald / Thomas A. Kolsky -- 3. Philadelphia Jews and Radicalism: The American Jewish Congress Cleans House / Paul Lyons -- 4. From Periphery to Prominences: Jews in Philadelphia Politics, 1940-1985 / Dennis Clark -- 5. An Ambivalent Alliance: Blacks and Jews in Philadelphia, 1940-1985 / Murray Friedman and Carolyn Beck -- 6. Wynnefield: Story of a Changing Neighborhood / David P. Varady -- 7. A Place to Live: The Jewish Builders of Northeast Philadelphia / Peter Binzen -- 8. Home and Haven: Soviet Jewish Immigration to Philadelphia, 1972-1982 / Nora Levin -- 9. Changing Styles of Synagogue Life: Conservative Judaism in Philadelphia / Sidney H. Schwartz -- 10. A Generation of Learning: Jewish Education in Philadelphia, 1940-1980 / Diane A. King, William B. Lakritz and Saul P. Wachs -- 11. The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: A Quarter Century of Change / Ernest M. Kahn -- 12. From A to "Zink": Philadelphia Jews in Sports / Ron Avery -- 13. Jews and the Cultural Revival of Philadelphia / Don Harrison -- Afterword: The Once and Future City -- One Jewish Philadelphian's Odyssey / Dan Rottenberg.