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American Jewish Studies

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Lil­lian Wald: Amer­i­ca’s Great Social and Health­care Reformer
Paul M. Kaplan
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Fic­tion
Time­less Trav­els: Tales of Mys­tery, Humor, Intrigue and Enchantment
Joseph Roten­berg
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Count­ing on Amer­i­ca: A Holo­caust Mem­oir of Ter­ror, Chutz­pah, Romance and Escape
Kurt Reiner and Gary Reiner
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Non­fic­tion
The Cho­sen Wars: How Judaism Became an Amer­i­can Religion
Steven R. Weisman
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Chil­dren’s
The Spy Who Played Baseball
Car­rie Jones
Interview

Inter­view: Jonathan Weisman

Michael N. Dobkowski
March 14, 2018
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Chil­dren’s
Irv­ing Berlin: The Immi­grant Boy Who Made Amer­i­ca Sing
Nancy Churnin; James Rey Sanchez, illus.
Essay

The For­got­ten Jew­ish Ele­ment of the Wom­en’s Lib­er­a­tion Movement

Joyce Antler
March 7, 2018
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Jew­ish Rad­i­cal Fem­i­nism: Voic­es from the Women’s Lib­er­a­tion Movement
Joyce Antler
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Black Pow­er, Jew­ish Pol­i­tics: Rein­vent­ing the Alliance in the 1960s
Marc Dollinger
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Ambiva­lent Embrace: Jew­ish Upward Mobil­i­ty in Post­war America
Rachel Kranson
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Line Study of a Motel Clerk
Alli­son Pitinii Davis
Essay

Five His­toric Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties You’ve (Prob­a­bly) Nev­er Heard Of

Shari Rabin
December 19, 2017
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The Jews of Key West: Smug­glers, Cig­ar Mak­ers, and Rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies (1823−1969)
Arlo Haskell
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Shari Rabin

Shari Rabin
December 8, 2017
Essay

30 Days, 30 Authors: Rebec­ca Ein­stein Schorr

Rebec­ca Ein­stein Schorr
November 24, 2017
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