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Can I read Pastrami [on] rye : an overstuffed history of the Jewish deli on EtoBox?
Pastrami [on] rye : an overstuffed history of the Jewish deli by Ted Merwin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pastrami [on] rye : an overstuffed history of the Jewish deli about?
For much of the twentieth century, the New York Jewish deli rivaled-- and in some ways surpassed-- the synagogue as the primary gathering place for the Jewish community. The deli, argues Merwin, reached its full flowering not in the immigrant period but in the interwar era, when the children of Jewish immigrants celebrated the first flush of their success in America by downing sandwiches and cheesecake in theater district delis. But it was the kosher deli that followed Jews to the outer boroughs
Who reads Pastrami [on] rye : an overstuffed history of the Jewish deli?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ted Merwin
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814760314
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Home & Lifestyle
- Rating
- 3.36 / 5 (103 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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