Items with the category: American Jewish Studies | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Cover of The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots that Shook New York City

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots that Shook New York City

Scott D. Seligman

Recommended Reading

Jewish Asian American Stories

Becca Kantor

March 19, 2021

Cover of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution

The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution

Lila Corwin Berman

Cover of Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side

Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side

Jonathan Boyarin

Excerpt

Excerpt: Esther in America

Stuart Halpern

February 22, 2021

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Esther in America

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)

Essay

The Jewish Roots of Wonder Woman’s Pop Feminism

Lori Harrison-Kahan

December 21, 2020

Cover of The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

Essay

Why the Personal Becomes Political: Jews in American Politics

Kenneth D. Wald

October 19, 2020

Essay

Leaving the Lower East Side

Jonathan Boyarin

October 5, 2020

Cover of Jewish Identity in American Art: A Golden Age Since the 1970's

Jewish Identity in American Art: A Golden Age Since the 1970’s

Matthew Baigell

Interview

‘Touched with Fire’: A Conversation with David E. Lowe

Edward Shapiro

September 7, 2020

Cover of Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

Jodi Eichler-Levine

Cover of Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies

Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies

Cover of The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift