<p>The Valley With a Heart is how people who live there like to refer to the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania-the area in and around Wilkes-Barre that lies at the foot of the Pocono Mountains and on the banks of the Susquehanna River. The Jews of Wilkes-Barre tells the story, for the first time, of the Valley's remarkable Jewish community, which from the start and to this day has reflected, more successfully than in many other places, the ideal American blend of firm loyalty to religious and ethnic traditions with full participation in the wider community as well. It has produced a thriving, vital group of leading citizens, world-class celebrities, and most of all, just plain people whose lives much resemble those of their neighbors and friends. But The Jews of Wiles-Barre tells more than that. It tells of a place notably free of antisemitism; it describes, with warmth and insight, a fertile valley that welcomed Jewish emigrants to help build, and eventually, help lead, its overall commun</p>

The Jews of Wilkes-Barre: 150 Years 1845-1995 in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania

History

Spear, Sheldon

Zbiek, Paul J.

Levin, Eric C.

Levin, Marjorie

Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley

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