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Frankfurt on the Hudson: The German-Jewish Community of Washington Heights, 1933-1983, Its structure and Culture is a scholarly book by Steven M. Lowenstein, Ph.D., about Jewish immigrants from Germany who settled in Washington Heights, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Pages in category "Palatine German settlement in New York (state)" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hudson Heights is a residential neighborhood within Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Most residences are apartment buildings, many of which are cooperatives , and most were constructed in the 1920s through 1940s.
Faun's repertoire ranges from melancholic ballads to exuberant dances like the Breton an dro. Thereby they set historical tunes from various periods and regions to music and on the other hand create a lot of their own compositions as well. Faun combines ancient Perso-Arab melodies with the Swedish nyckelharpa and Middle High German lyrics ...
The community is a direct continuation of the pre-Second World War Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main led by Samson Raphael Hirsch.Khal Adath Jeshurun bases its approach, and structure, on Hirsch's philosophy of Torah im Derech Eretz; it was re-established according to the protocol originally drawn in 1850, to which the congregation continues to adhere.
Joseph Breuer, also known as Yosef Breuer (March 20, 1882 – April 19, 1980) was a rabbi and community leader in Germany and the United States.He was rabbi of one of the large Jewish synagogues founded by German-Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi oppression that had settled in Washington Heights, New York.
German-American culture in New York City (1 C, 43 P, 1 F) German-Jewish culture in New York (state) (1 C, 2 P) German-language newspapers published in New York (state) (7 P)
Washington Heights is well served by the New York City Subway. On the IND Eighth Avenue Line, service is available at the 155th Street and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations (C train), the 168th Street station (1 , A, and C trains), and the 175th Street, 181st Street, and 190th Street stations (A train).