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Nonfiction The B‑Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song Ben Yagoda
Essay Communicating the Beauty Earlier this week, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall wrote about how on how pluralism strengthens Judaism and shared the backstory behind her newest book, The Myth of the… Roberta Rosenthal Kwall March 20, 2015
Nonfiction That Pride of Race and Character: The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South Caroline E. Light
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Immigrants Against the State Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s been a while since we featured a nonfiction title on The ProsenPeople’s Book Cover of the Week series, so how’s this for… Nat Bernstein February 10, 2015
Poetry The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry Deborah Ager & M. E. Silverman, eds.
Nonfiction Jewish Mad Men: Advertising and the Design of the American Jewish Experience Kerri P. Steinberg
Essay How Can We Explain Jewish Success in America? Earlier this week, Adam D. Mendelsohn wrote about the thrill of finding an interesting lead while conducting research. His most recent book, The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed… Adam D. Mendelsohn December 18, 2014
Essay Stumbling on Jewish Suppliers to the Confederacy Adam D. Mendelsohn is Director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston. His… Adam D. Mendelsohn December 16, 2014
Essay Fiddler at Fifty by Edward ShapiroIt has been fifty years since Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway on Tuesday, September 22, 1964 at New York City’s Imperial Theater. To mark its… Edward Shapiro December 9, 2014
Nonfiction The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire Adam D. Mendelsohn
