Dust to dust : a history of Jewish death and burial in New York /

"Dust to Dust offers a three-hundred-year history of Jewish life in New York, literally from the ground up. Taking Jewish cemeteries as its subject matter, it follows the ways that Jewish New Yorkers have planned for death and burial from their earliest arrival in New Amsterdam to the twentieth...

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Main Author:	Amanik, Allan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:	Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
Subjects:	Jewish cemeteries > New York (State) > New York > History. Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies > New York (State) > New York > History. Fraternal organizations > Jews > New York (State) > New York. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Death. Burial > New York (State) > New York > History. New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions. Burial. Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies. Jews > Social conditions. Social conditions. New York (State) > New York. History.

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Summary:	"Dust to Dust offers a three-hundred-year history of Jewish life in New York, literally from the ground up. Taking Jewish cemeteries as its subject matter, it follows the ways that Jewish New Yorkers have planned for death and burial from their earliest arrival in New Amsterdam to the twentieth century ... tracing how financial and family concerns in death came to equal earlier priorities rooted in tradition and communal cohesion. At the same time, he shows how shifting emphases in death gave average Jewish families the ability to advocate for greater protections and entitlements such as widows' benefits and funeral insurance. Amanik ultimately concludes that planning for life's end helps to shape social systems in ways that often go unrecognized."--
Physical Description:	vii, 263 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781479800803 1479800805