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Children’s Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 Michelle Markel; Melissa Sweet, illus.
Nonfiction Black Harlem and the Jewish Lower East Side: Narratives Out of Time Catherine Rottenberg, ed.
Nonfiction Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity Nora Rose Moosnick
Essay Abortion, Birth Control, and the Complexity of Halacha (Jewish Law) Earlier this week, Melissa R. Klapper wrote about 5 American Jewish women you’ve (probably) never heard of. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Melissa R. Klapper July 17, 2013
Nonfiction Hollywood’s Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema Daniel Bernardi, Murray Pomerance, Hava Tirosh Samuelson, eds.
Nonfiction Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890 – 1940 Melissa R. Klapper
Essay Top 5 American Jewish Women Most People Have Never Heard Of Melissa R. Klapper is a professor of history at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Her newest book, Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace American Jewish… Melissa R. Klapper July 15, 2013
Recommended Reading 10 Jewish Books for July 4th Posted by Amalia KaufmanCelebrate July 4th with these titles focused on American Jewish life:Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America’s Tradition of… Amalia Kaufman July 3, 2013
Nonfiction Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America’s Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals Richard Rashke
Nonfiction Henry Ford’s War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech Victoria Saker Woeste
