Jews in Sea Gate, Brooklyn
Jillian Morgan
Professor: Robert Moses Shapiro
Core: 3205
Due: February 5, 2013
Assignment # 1
Jews In Brooklyn - Revised
The dispersion of the Jews from Palestine following the Babylonians' conquest of the Judean Kingdom in the 6th century BC, along with the Romans' destruction of the Second Temple in AD-70 compel Jews to scattered throughout ends of the world seeking settlement. The history of Jewry in Brooklyn goes back to the early 1700s century, but Jewish first settlement began in Brooklyn around the 1800s.
The suffering Jews encountered in Moscow and other countries forced them to rush to overcrowded cities such as Brooklyn. The first permanent settlers in Brooklyn are ...
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forty and fifty thousand; with the Satmar the largest group at 1,300 families. By the mid-1980s, these numbers had increase rapidly. It was estimates that out of 250,000 Hasidim in the world, 200,000 live in the United States, with approximately 100,000 in Brooklyn in 1900, and 456, 000 in 2012. Towards the end of 1970s Sea Gate Community was formed and the first ten families moved in.
The ocean breeze, popular resorts, vacation accommodation, quiet atmosphere attracts elders, historians, museums, musicians, etc. magnetized Jews to Sea Gate. Jews in Coney Island have been outstanding as consumers and participants in its amusements. In the early 20th century, Jews were among those who rented summer bungalows there. Jews have developed a way of life which grew from simple changing to establishments of restaurants, swimming pools, steam rooms, and nude sunbathing solaria. Seagate is no longer the attractive gated community it once was, due to the dreadful storm Sandy in 2012 that ...
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