Tales of and about Jewish Youth during the Fin-de-siècle Era

This is the story of Jewish youth in upstate New York during the fin-de-siZcledecade of the nineteenth century. Ginsburg details periods of transition for these youths, such as exploring life at various Jewish orphanages, where children were sheltered, educated, and taught trade skills to support themselves thereafter. He profiles The Jewish Tidings, a weekly journal that ran from 1887 to 1897, which heralded itself as 'A Fearless Exponent of Progressive Judaism!' and polarized Eastern European