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Book Notes Annotations with the initials D.B. were written by Dean Bell of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago. American Jewish Life Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories ofthe Great Jewish Resort Area, by Phil Brown. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. 312 pp. $34.95 (c). ISBN 156639-642-5. A century ago, New Yorkers, hungry for mountain air, good food, and a Jewish environment combined with an American way of leisure, began to develop a resort area in the Catskill Mountains. B'y the 1950s this area contained bungalow colonies, summer camps, and over 900 hotels and attracted over a million people a year. Phil Brown, who with his family worked in the hotels, tells of the many elements of this environment. Dispersing the Ghetto: The Relocation ofJewish Immigrants across America, by Jack Glazier. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 232 pp. $16.95. ISBN 0-801485770-0. In the early twentieth century, the population ofNew York City's Lower East Side swelled with the arrival of vast numbers of eastern European Jewish immigrants. Established American Jews feared that their security might be threatened by the newcomers. They established the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) to assist in relocating the immigrants to the towns and cities of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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Annotations with the initials D.B. were written by Dean Bell of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago. American Jewish Life Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories ofthe Great Jewish Resort Area, by Phil Brown. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. 312 pp. $34.95 (c). ISBN 156639-642-5. A century ago, New Yorkers, hungry for mountain air, good food, and a Jewish environment combined with an American way of leisure, began to develop a resort area in the Catskill Mountains. B'y the 1950s this area contained bungalow colonies, summer camps, and over 900 hotels and attracted over a million people a year. Phil Brown, who with his family worked in the hotels, tells of the many elements of this environment. Dispersing the Ghetto: The Relocation ofJewish Immigrants across America, by Jack Glazier. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 232 pp. $16.95. ISBN 0-801485770-0. In the early twentieth century, the population ofNew York City's Lower East Side swelled with the arrival of vast numbers of eastern European Jewish immigrants. Established American Jews feared that their security might be threatened by the newcomers. They established the Industrial Removal Office (IRO) to assist in relocating the immigrants to the towns and cities of

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