The Jewish Community Around North Broad Street (Images of America: Pennsylvania)

Rating:
Summary: Allen Meyers is an excellent Jewish historian
Review: He is the author of the portion of the "Images of America" series dealing with Jewish settlements in Philadelphia, PA and he's done his homework with every neighborhood he touches.

This time he shows us the history of the Jewish settlement of North Broad Street, including the neighborhoods of Germantown, Olney, Logan, West Oak Lane, East Oak Lane, and surrounding neighborhoods.

Although I'm not Jewish, I was always fascinated to know what type of Jew settled in what area (i.e. what areas German Jews settled in as opposed to Polish Jews, etc.). Allen read peoples' minds and answers our questions ... and then some (German Jews predominated North Broad Street, by the way).

Allen gathered hard to get pictures of the neighborhood that bring you a clearer picture of what once was. (You never know, you could find a relative in those pics as I did in another of his books).

Excellent read.