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The Jew store

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998 - Social Science - 298 pages
For a real bargain, while you're making a living, you should make also a life.--Aaron Bronson. In 1920, in small town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store--suits and coats, shoes and hats, work clothes and school clothes, yard goods and notions--was usually owned by Jews and often referred to as "the Jew store." That's how Stella Suberman's father's store, Bronson's Low-Priced Store, in Concordia, Tennessee, was known locally. The Bronsons were the first Jews to ever live in that tiny town (1920 population: 5,318) of one main street, one bank, one drugstore, one picture show, one feed and seed, one hardware, one barber shop, one beauty parlor, one blacksmith, and many Christian churches. Aaron Bronson moved his family all the way from New York City to that remote corner of northwest Tennessee to prove himself a born salesman--and much more. Told by Aaron's youngest child, THE JEW STORE is that rare thing--an intimate family story that sheds new light on a piece of American history. Here is ONE MAN'S FAMILY with a twist--a Jew, born into poverty in prerevolutionary Russia and orphaned from birth, finds his way to America, finds a trade, finds a wife, and sets out to find his fortune in a place where Jews are unwelcome. With a novelist's sense of scene, suspense, and above all, characterization, Stella Suberman turns the clock back to a time when rural America was more peaceful but no less prejudiced, when educated liberals were suspect, and when the Klan was threatening to outsiders. In that setting, she brings to life her remarkable father, a man whose own brand of success proves that intelligence, empathy, liberality, and decency can build a home anywhere. THE JEW STORE is a heartwarming--even inspiring--story.

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User Review  - Jane Yancey - Goodreads

A delightful remembrance of her early life (1920's) in western Tennessee as the only Jews. The characters jump off the pages as someone you know. The issues (personal and social)are familiar, but in a different time and place. A nice read. Read full review

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User Review  - Mindy - Goodreads

Having grown up in a Jewish family living in a small(-ish) Southern town, I immediately related to this memoir. The author strung together memories and stories in a seamless fashion. She wonderfully ... Read full review

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Contents

Prologue i
1
The Destination
5
Avram Plotchnikoffs New Name
16
Copyright

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About the author (1998)

Stella Suberman was born in Union City, Tennessee, the setting for her memoir, The Jew Store, and spent her teens in Miami Beach, Florida. After twenty years in North Carolina, she returned to Florida in 1966 as the administrative director of the Lowe Art Museum of the University of Miami. Now retired, she lives in Boca Raton.

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TitleThe Jew store
AuthorStella Suberman
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized16 Jan 2008
ISBN1565121988, 9781565121980
Length298 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Fiction / Jewish
Religion / Judaism / History
Social Science / Jewish Studies
  
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