Historical component I

Mechanic, Chaim. “The Orthodox Jewish Community of West Hempstead- It’s History.” 1997. September 9, 2007. http://www.yiwh.org/yiwhhst.html

This article explains how there came to be a Jewish community in West Hempstead. It explains how all of the Jewish institutions are connected; first the Jewish day school was created and then as the community began to grow, so did the need for an orthodox Synagogue. It describes how both the synagogue and the school came into being and how much money it cost as well as how much it's a part of the community.

"West Hempstead" September 9, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hempstead%2C_New_York

This website gives all the West Hempstead demographics from the year 2000. It gives details about the population, income, etc. This website also gives us the Jewish population in West Hempstead (1/5 of the families in West Hempstead are Jewish), all of Long Island, and New York as a whole (the most Jews in the United States), although it's not s recent and it has definitely increased since 2000.