Bruce A. Phillips is Professor of Sociology and Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion.

1: Jewish Migration from Boston to Brookline; 2: Occupational mobility and the move to Brookline; 3: Moving into and moving through Brookline; 4: Two Synagogues; 5: The Ohabei Shalom Brotherhood: A case study in acculturation; 6: Jews and Gentiles; 7: Brookline in the post war period

First published in 1990, Brookline: The Evolution of an American Jewish Suburb explores how Brookline became home to one of America's most vibrant Jewish communities.