Beschreibung:
This book tells the story of mid-20th century Jewish America through the eyes of Bernice Cohen Schwartz, born in NYC in 1923. The oldest daughter of a family of Eastern European origin, Bernice had an American-born mother, but in other things was similar to her contemporaries, reflecting the lives of a generation of pre-WWI urban Jews in America with immigrant parents.
Introduction to Part I: The Genesis of a Book - How it all Began - The Education of Bernice Cohen (1923-1939) - The Second World War and the Women's Land Army (1939-1945) - The Bronx Y: Bernice's Home Away From Home (1930-1951) - Israel 1949: «A Wilderness of Magnificent Beauty» - Introduction to Part II: The Courtship of Bernice Cohen - Arthur Schwartz: A Boy From Nyack - East Coast Adventures (1950-1960) - The Schwartzes of Teaneck (1960-1999) - Closing the Circle: A Son Makes Aliyah (1967-1974) - The Schwartzes of Riverdale (1999-) - Epilogue: The Reconstruction of a Family - Family Tree - Glossary of Foreign Terms - Bibliography - Photographs - Index names - Index places - Index organizations, institutions