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American Jewish Studies

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Speak­ing of Jews: Rab­bis, Intel­lec­tu­als, and the Cre­ation of an Amer­i­can Pub­lic Identity
Lila Corwin Berman
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Ortho­dox Jews in America
Jeffrey S. Gurock
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Trans­form­ing Amer­i­ca’s Israel Lob­by: The Lim­its of its Pow­er and the Poten­tial for Change
Dan Fleshler
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The UnCiv­il Uni­ver­si­ty: Intol­er­ance on Col­lege Campuses
Gary A. Tobin, Aryeh K. Weinberg, and Jenna Ferer
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A World of Trou­ble: The White House and the Mid­dle East – from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Patrick Tyler
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Sta­tion Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of Yid­dish Radio in the Unit­ed States
Ari Y. Kelman
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Jews and Base­ball: Vol­ume 2, The Post-Green­berg Years, 1949 – 2008
Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman; Ron Kaplan, fwd.
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Jacob’s Cane: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly’s Jour­ney from the Four Lands of Lithua­nia to the Ports of Lon­don and Baltimore
Elisa New
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The Essays of Leonard Michaels
Leonard Michaels
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The Un-Amer­i­cans: Jews, the Black­list, and Stoolpi­geon Culture
Joseph Litvak
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The Colum­bia His­to­ry of Jews & Judaism in America
Marc Lee Raphael, ed.
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Boule­vard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heart­break, and Hope along the Grand Con­course in the Bronx
Con­stance Rosenblum
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Save the Deli: In Search of Per­fect Pas­tra­mi, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jew­ish Delicatessen
David Sax
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Tri-Faith Amer­i­ca: How Catholics and Jews Held Post­war Amer­i­ca to Its Protes­tant Promise
Kevin M. Schultz
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A Fine Romance: Jew­ish Song­writ­ers, Amer­i­can Songs
David Lehman
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Mes­si­ahs of 1933: How Amer­i­can Yid­dish The­atre Sur­vived Adver­si­ty Through Satire
Joel Schechter
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