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

Cover of Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia

Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia

Edward Berenson

Cover of The State of American Jewry: New Insights and Scholarship

The State of American Jewry: New Insights and Scholarship

Frederick E. Greenspahn

Cover of Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract

Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract

Michael Shapiro

Essay

A Jewish Mother, Japanese American Incarceration, and the Impact of World War II Euphemisms

Tracy Slater

July 16, 2025

Cover of American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews

American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews

Andrew Porwancher

Cover of Ben Hecht's Jewish Theatre of Protest

Ben Hecht’s Jewish Theatre of Protest

Cover of Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery

Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery

Richard Kreitner

Cover of For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today

For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today

Elliot Cosgrove

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Jewish Life in Patagonia

Jessica Ruetter

September 23, 2024

Cover of Matrilineal Dissent: Women Writers and Jewish American Literary History

Matrilineal Dissent: Women Writers and Jewish American Literary History

Annie Atura Bushnell, Lori Harrison-Kahan, and Ashley Walters, eds.

Cover of Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil

Cover of Fanny's Big Idea: How Jewish Book week was Born

Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book week was Born

Richard Michelson

Cover of Gitel's Freedom

Gitel’s Freedom

Iris Mitlin Lav

Cover of New York City Love Triangle, 1931: A Tale of Three Families

New York City Love Triangle, 1931: A Tale of Three Families

Cover of Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide for Fighting Antisemitism

Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide for Fighting Antisemitism

Shane Burley, Ben Lorber 

Cover of Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Pamela S. Nadell