What did the author Harry Golden mean when he called New York a “Jewish city” and why did he assert that it is “the greatest” of all? Over the course of three sessions on Zoom, Jewish historian David Kaufman will address these questions via three distinct themes: history, culture, and community.

For this, the first part of the series, Dr. Kaufman will contextualize the growth of New York’s Jewish population within the larger frame of Jewish history. Part 2 (December 13) will survey the extraordinary contributions made by New York Jews to 20th century American culture, and the 3rd part (to be held early in 2022), will examine the city’s incredibly diverse Jewish community, establishing New York as a ‘new Jerusalem.’

David E. Kaufman, our presenter for these 3 sessions, was born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the Bialik Hebrew Day School and the Yeshiva of Flatbush High School. He holds degrees from Columbia College, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Brandeis University. A PhD in American Jewish History, he has taught at numerous colleges such as CUNY, Brown University, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Hebrew Union College/Los Angeles and Hofstra University. In addition to numerous articles on the social, religious, and architectural history of the American synagogue, Dr. Kaufman has authored two books: Shul with a Pool: The Synagogue-Center in American Jewish History (Brandeis, 1999) and Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity (Brandeis, 2012). David currently lives on the Upper West Side and is engaged in public education, researching, writing, and teaching the history of the New York Jewish community.

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