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Annie Polland is vice president for education at the Museum at Eldridge Street, where she oversees the development of exhibits and curriculum and coordinates lecture series, and a visiting professor at the New School and at New York University.
"Do stones speak? They do on Eldridge Street, through the words of
Annie Polland's beautiful and important book."—Bill Moyers
*Bill Moyers*
"It is no mere building that is the focus of this book. The
Eldridge Street Synagogue is a magnificent building, to be sure. .
. . But this synagogue is a landmark of the spirit as well: the
spirit of an ancient people on a new exodus and the spirit of a new
nation committed to the old idea of liberty. Every synagogue
is a means of keeping Jewish consciousness alive, but this one's
mission of memory is unique in the world. Four-fifths of
today's American Jews descend from the eastern European refugees
who came in that exodus. The Eldridge Street Synagogue
connects the generations one to another. It is also sacred
ground to many of us who are not Jewish: it is sacred to the
very love of freedom that drew all our forbears here. . . . Do
stones speak? They do on Eldridge Street. And through the
words of Annie Polland's beautiful and important book, hear them:
'In remembrance is the secret of redemption.'"—Bill Moyers
*Bill Moyers*
“I can’t think of a better book about American Jewish history
published in recent memory.”—Michael Alexander, associate professor
of modern Jewry, University of California, Riverside, and author of
Jazz Age Jews
*Michael Alexander*
“Far more than a history of one remarkable congregation, Landmark
of the Spirit is an extraordinary examination of Jewish religious
life on the Lower East Side over three-quarters of a
century.”—Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish
History, Yeshiva University
*Jeffrey S. Gurock*
“A fascinating, lively history of the Eldridge Street Synagogue
that takes the reader through the inner workings of the
congregation and the physical structure of the building itself.”—
Tony Michels, George L. Mosse Associate Professor of American
Jewish History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
*Tony Michels*
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