domain | alevin.com |
summary | The book covers the history of a neighborhood, starting from its time as a thriving estuary inhabited by Lenape natives. It then discusses its role in Colonial New York agriculture and its significance during revolutionary battles. The area later became an industrial powerhouse, with factories producing coal gas, chemicals, leather products and warehouses for trade. Despite being economically booming, it was a polluted, class-divided neighborhood. Post-WW2, the area was depopulated, with organized crime families and people in poverty living there. It later became an artistic hub undergoing redevelopment and facing pressures of preservation. The book also discusses the Mishna, a foundational work of Rabbinic Judaism, its lack of scriptural citations, and how the Jewish treatment of biblical texts has evolved over time through creative legal, homiletic, and literary interpretation, with roots tracing back to Talmudic rabbis. |
title | BookBlog – Adina Levin's weblog. For conversation about books I've been reading, social software, and other stuff too. |
description | BookBlog – Adina Levin's weblog. For conversation about books I've been reading, social software, and other stuff too. |
keywords | book, housing, more, public, neighborhoods, have, policies, people, segregation, soil, time, american, government, practices, share, books, white |
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nslookup | A 66.33.198.202 |
created | 2025-07-30 |
updated | 2025-08-31 |
summarized | 2025-08-31 |
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