“A Link in the Great American Chain"

This book brings together six articles the author has published in recent years on the development of the Orthodox Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio. While a number of scholars have ably presented important parts of the history of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland, Ohio, this book is a first attempt to deal comprehensively with the story of Cleveland Orthodox Judaism.  Chapters one and two, taken together, present a connected narrative history of the evolution of the Jewish Orthodox community