Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… Harlem than anywhere else in America … In 1917 Harlem was home to the second largest population of Jews in America and … you were doing Gurock says that Central Harlem was the home of the hero of Abraham Kahans 1917 bestseller The Rise … quotes an ad in a circa1896 ad in a Yiddish newspaper for apartments at 1883 Third Avenue between 97th and 98th …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM