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

This is the story of Jewish youth in upstate New York during the fin-de-siécledecade 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, wh...