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American Jewish Studies

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Walt Whit­man and the Mak­ing of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Poetry
Dara Bar­nat
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Forged in Amer­i­ca: How Irish-Jew­ish Encoun­ters Shaped a Nation
Hasia R. Diner
Miri­am Nyhan Grey
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The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lako­ta, and an Amer­i­can Inheritance
Rebec­ca Clarren
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Mor­gen­thau: Pow­er, Priv­i­lege, and the Rise of an Amer­i­can Dynasty
Andrew Meier
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Bet­ty Friedan: Mag­nif­i­cent Disrupter
Rachel Shteir
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Farewell To South Shore
Char­lene Wexler
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For Women and Girls Only: Reshap­ing Jew­ish Ortho­doxy Through the Arts in the Dig­i­tal Age
Jes­si­ca Roda
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Not From Here: The Song of America
Leah Lax
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A Path to Jew­ish Survival
Richard B. Stanger
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Tikkun Ha’am: Repair­ing Our People
Jef­frey K. Salkin
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Jew­ish Sun­day Schools: A Fem­i­nist History

Lau­ra Yares
July 31, 2023
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The Jew­ish Deli: An Illus­trat­ed Guide to the Cho­sen Food
Ben Nadler
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Birchers: How the John Birch Soci­ety Rad­i­cal­ized the Amer­i­can Right
Matthew Dallek
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Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp and the Myth of the ​“Seri­ous”

San­dra Fox
June 12, 2023
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Books Like Sap­phires: From the Library of Con­gress Judaica Collection
Ann Bren­er
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Shan­da: A Mem­oir of Shame and Secrecy
Let­ty Cot­tin Pogrebin
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