Annotation:Twenty seven short stories joined by the theme of regeneration of the self in America. Taken together, they comprise a portrait of immigrant Jews – particularly women – on the Lower East Side in the early 20th Century.

Annotation:The Educational Alliance, established in 1881, is a Lower East Side social institution that provides arts education, programs in Jewish culture, youth summer camping, and social services for all ages. Surveys the history and development of the Alliance over its first 100 years.

Annotation:William Lehr tells the story of his divided family. He is torn by sympathy for his unhappy, helpless mother and fear and loathing of his brutish father. Ultimately he finds a life and identity of his own.

Annotation:A narrative history of Manhattan from the Battery up to Washington Heights, with chapters on Chinatown, the Bowery, the Tombs, and Five Points.

Annotation:A history of the department stores of early 20th century New York, several of which – Lord and Taylor, Brooks Brothers, Wanamaker’s, and F.A.O. Schwartz – were founded on the Lower East Side.

Annotation:White, an architect, tells the story of manmade New York City. He presents New York’s buildings, bridges, parks, parkways, subways, and sewers in the context the web of social, political, economic, and technological forces behind their construction and existence

Annotation:Born in Vitebsk, Russia in 1905 or 1906, Sam Dolgoff was raised on the Lower East Side. He played an active role in the anarchist movement for most of the 20th century. He recounts his many association with anarchists and anarchist groups worldwide, and his work as editor of The Vanguard, and his co-founding of the Libertarian League.

Annotation:Landsmanshaftn were European Jewish fraternal organizations. These survived in the New World and tied members to the shtletl by way of kin, community, and culture. They provided newly arrived immigrants with economic help, advice, and offered a psychic and spiritual haven in a frightening new world. Draws on first hand accounts and documentary materials.

Annotation:Drawn from interviews, social workers' records, and other sources, this social history chronicles the lives of the children of America's turn-of-the-century immigrants.

Annotation:Maps of the Lower East Side, Chinatown, the East Village, and Two Bridges, circa 1984.

Annotation:A collection of essays, many originally published in Jewish feminist magazine Lilith, of which Schneider is co-founder. This guide to integrating Jewish traditions and beliefs into a modern lifestyle confronts problems concerning marriage, divorce, children and male-dominated rituals.

Annotation:Short stories, translated from Yiddish, about the emerging life of the Jews in America, and of the emotional, intellectual, and cultural changes they faced. Many stories set on the Lower East Side.

Annotation:Tracks the life of opera singer Richard Tucker. He was raised and trained as a cantor on New York’s Lower East Side, and rose to international stardom in his thirty years with the Metropolitan Opera.