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American Jewish Studies

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The Hunger Artist: A Sub­ur­ban Childhood
Joanne Jacobson
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Zion in the Desert: Amer­i­can Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim
William F.S. Miles
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In the Shad­ow of Race: Jews, Lati­nos, and Immi­grant Pol­i­tics in the Unit­ed States
Victoria Hattam
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Kab­bal­ah and the Spir­i­tu­al Quest: The Kab­bal­ah Cen­tre in America
Jody Myers
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White Eth­nic New York: Jews, Catholics and the Shap­ing of Post­war Politics
Joshua M. Zeitz
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Jour­neys to a Jew­ish Life: Inspir­ing Sto­ries from the Spir­i­tu­al Jour­neys of Amer­i­can Jews
Paula Amann
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The Sovi­et Jew­ish Americans
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Imag­in­ing the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Community
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Home is Where You Find It: A Memoir
Benjamin Hirsch
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Klezmer Amer­i­ca: Jew­ish­ness, Eth­nic­i­ty, Modernity
Jonathan Freedman
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