A Link in the Great American ChainIra RobinsonLabel: Academic Studies PressDescription: This book brings together six articles the author has published in recent years on the development of the Orthodox Jewish community in Cleveland Ohio. While a number of scholars have ably presented important parts of the history of Jewish Orthodoxy in Cleveland Ohio this book is a first attempt to deal comprehensively with the story of Cleveland Orthodox Judaism. Chapters one and two taken together present a connected narrative history of the evolution of the Jewish Orthodox community in Cleveland Ohio from its beginnings to the early twenty-first century. The succeeding chapters present in greater detail persons and institutions of great importance to the historical development of the Orthodox community.
