Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois

the jews of chicago

by Irving Cutler (published 1996)

Book review/description:

Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb by Irving Cutler (1996) is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews. This comprehensive history of Chicago's Jewish population brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today's Jewish community. Cutler intertwines neighborhood histories with representative biographical vignettes of some of Chicago's best known figures, such as Edna Ferber, Saul Bellow, Benny Goodman, Mel Torme, Studs Turkel, Paul Muni, Mandy Patinkin, Emil G. Hirsch, Julius Rosenwald, Dankmar Adler, Arthur Goldberg, Philip Klutznick, and many others.

The collection includes 547 records consisting of the names in the index with corresponding page numbers.

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