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The Rev. M.B. Hucless, pastor of the Baptist Temple of New York, laying the cornerstone for the new church being erected at 159 West 132nd Street in Harlem, September 19, 1920. When completed, it was the largest Black church in the country. Members of several neighborhood societies attended.

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Revisiting the Streets of Jewish Harlem

Revisiting the Streets of Jewish Harlem

Jewish Harlem

  Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock on his new book, The Jews of Harlem —

Harlem was the third largest Jewish community in the world, second only to the Lower East Side and Warsaw. If you walked the blocks of Harlem, every place you’d turn you’d see Jews. For brief shining moments it was an extraordinary Jewish community with all…

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Revisiting the Streets of Jewish Harlem

Revisiting the Streets of Jewish Harlem

Jewish Harlem   Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock on his new book, The Jews of Harlem — Harlem was the third largest Jewish community in the world, second only to the Lower East Side and Warsaw. If you walked the blocks of Harlem, every place you’d turn you’d see Jews. For brief shining moments it was an extraordinary Jewish community with all…

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