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Essay Jews and Slavery: Isaac Cardozo and Lydia Weston Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century, and Clara Solomon, a Jewish girl… Sabra Waldfogel August 1, 2014
Essay Jews and Slavery: Clara Solomon and Lucy Lewis Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century. She has recently published Slave and… Sabra Waldfogel July 30, 2014
Nonfiction The New Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction Victoria Aarons, Avinoam J. Patt, and Mark Shechner
Nonfiction Dancing Jewish: Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance Rebecca Rossen
Children’s Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education Norman H. Finkelstein
Nonfiction Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition Carmel Ullman Chiswick