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Essay Why I Write Historical Fiction Janis Cooke Newman is the author of the novel Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln and A Master Plan for Rescue as well as a memoir The Russian Word for Snow. She is… Janis Cooke Newman July 13, 2015
Essay No, I Have Not Read ‘The Jew in the Lotus’ Posted by Nat BernsteinWe all have one: that book recommended to us over and over again that we never read. Perhaps it becomes something of a personal badge past… Nat Bernstein July 9, 2015
Essay Dry Goods Merchant and Freedom Fighter: Samuel Fleishman of Marianna, FL Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about the Jews who lived in Mound Bayou. Her most recent book is Freedom’s Island, about an all-black Mississippi town menaced… Sabra Waldfogel July 9, 2015
Essay The Jews of Mound Bayou Sabra Waldfogel writes historical fiction about Southern Jews and African Americans in slavery and freedom. Her most recent book, Freedom’s Island, about an all-black… Sabra Waldfogel July 6, 2015
Essay We’re Living in a Golden Age of Jewish American Art & Don’t Really Know It Earlier this week, Matthew Baigell wrote about anti-Semitic images of Jews in American humor magazines and social concern and left politics in Jewish American art.… Matthew Baigell July 1, 2015
Essay Prejudice Porn: Images of Jews in American Art, 1880 – 1940 Earlier this week, Matthew Baigell wrote about social concern and left politics in Jewish American art. He is the author of a recently published book on the topic… Matthew Baigell June 30, 2015
