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Cover of Coming to Terms with America: Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture

Coming to Terms with America: Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture

Jonathan D. Sarna

Essay

How Polly Adler, the Jewish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Topsy-Turvy American Success Story

Debby Applegate

November 22, 2021

Cover of The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography

The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography

Jacques Berlinerblau

Cover of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews

Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews

David Bernstein

Cover of Sears Crosstown in Memphis: From Catalogues to a Concourse

Sears Crosstown in Memphis: From Catalogues to a Concourse

Cover of Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans

Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans

Marlene Trestman

Cover of Hands of Gold: One Man's Quest to Find the Silver Lining in Misfortune

Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining in Misfortune

Cover of The Sleep of Apples: A Novel

The Sleep of Apples: A Novel

Ami Sands Brodoff

Not From Here: The Song of America

Cover of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

Debby Applegate

Cover of We Shall Build Anew: Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

We Shall Build Anew: Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

Shirley Idelson

Cover of On Account of Sex: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Making of Gender Equality Law

On Account of Sex: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Making of Gender Equality Law

Cover of Malkah's Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet

Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet

Cover of Objects of Love and Regret: A Brooklyn Story

Objects of Love and Regret: A Brooklyn Story

Richard Rabinowitz

Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Cover of Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations

Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations

Benjamin Spratt