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    History

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    Part II: The Lega­cy Continues

    Nadine Epstein
    July 1, 2019
    Interview

    Queer Iden­ti­ty in Jew­ish His­to­ry: An Inter­view with Noam Sienna 

    An inter­view about an anthol­o­gy explor­ing mar­gin­al­ized voic­es in Jew­ish history

    Sacha Lamb
    June 11, 2019
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    Amer­i­ca’s Jew­ish Women: A His­to­ry from Colo­nial Times to Today
    Pamela S. Nadell
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    A Rain­bow Thread: An Anthol­o­gy of Queer Jew­ish Texts from the First Cen­tu­ry to 1969
    Noam Sien­na
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    The Ital­ian Exe­cu­tion­ers: The Geno­cide of the Jews of Italy
    Simon Levis Sullam; Oona Smyth and Claudia Patane, trans.
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    The Faith­ful Spy: Diet­rich Bon­ho­ef­fer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
    John Hendrix
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    The Woman Who Fought An Empire: Sarah Aaron­sohn and Her Nili Spy Ring
    Gre­go­ry Joseph Wallance
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    Lawyers With­out Rights: The Fate of Jew­ish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933
    Simone Ladwig-Winters Edited by Bill Choyke
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    Spies of No Coun­try: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
    Matti Friedman Winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    When Chris­tians Were Jews: The First Generation
    Paula Fredriksen
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    On Mid­dle Ground: A His­to­ry of the Jews of Baltimore
    Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner
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    The Man Who Lit Lady Lib­er­ty: The Extra­or­di­nary Rise and Fall of Actor M. B. Curtis
    Richard Schwartz
    Essay

    In World War II-Era North Car­oli­na, A Haven for Ger­man Jew­ish Artists and Academics

    Charles Dar­went
    November 6, 2018
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    Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
    Steven Nadler
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    Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Sto­ry of a Sen­sa­tion­al British Mur­der, a Quest for Jus­tice, and the World’s Most Famous Detec­tive Writer
    Mar­galit Fox
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    Mod­ern Con­ser­v­a­tive Judaism: Evolv­ing Thought and Practice
    Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff; Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, fwd.
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