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    American Jewish Studies

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    The Lega­cy of Moses and Akhenaten
    Sheldon Louis Lebold
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    Grow­ing Up Golem: How I Sur­vived My Moth­er, Brook­lyn, and Some Real­ly Bad Dates
    Don­na Minkowitz
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    Lady at the O.K. Cor­ral: The True Sto­ry of Josephine Mar­cus Earp
    Ann Kirschn­er
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    Augie’s Secrets: The Min­neapo­lis Mob and the King of the Hen­nepin Strip
    Neal Karlen
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    No Joke: Mak­ing Jew­ish Humor
    Ruth R. Wisse
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    From Ambiva­lence to Betray­al: The Left, the Jews, and Israel
    Robert S. Wistrich
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    Main­tain­ing Jew­ish Roots in the Military

    by Elise Coop­erAlthough there are many themes to Ali­son Buck­holtz​’s book, Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War, one that…
    Elise Coop­er
    May 1, 2013
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    Dress­ing Mod­ern Mater­ni­ty: The Frank­furt Sis­ters of Dal­las and the Page Boy Label
    Kay Goldman
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    The Syn­a­gogues of New York’s Low­er East Side: A Ret­ro­spec­tive and Con­tem­po­rary View, Sec­ond Edition
    Gerard R. Wolfe; Joseph Berger, fwd.
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    Super­man Ver­sus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Sto­ry of How the Icon­ic Super­hero Bat­tled the Men of Hate
    Richard Bowers
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    Super­man: The High-Fly­ing His­to­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Most Endur­ing Hero
    Lar­ry Tye
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    The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Sto­ry through Cinema
    Eric A. Goldman
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    Moyni­han’s Moment: Amer­i­ca’s Fight Against Zion­ism as Racism
    Gil Troy
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    The Dairy Restaurant
    Ben Katchor
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    Russ & Daugh­ters: Reflec­tions and Recipes from the House That Her­ring Built
    Mark Russ Federman
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    Red Brick, Black Moun­tain, White Clay: Reflec­tions on Art, Fam­i­ly, and Survival
    Christopher Benfey
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