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Essay 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
Nonfiction Dressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label Kay Goldman
Nonfiction The Synagogues of New York’s Lower East Side: A Retrospective and Contemporary View, Second Edition Gerard R. Wolfe; Joseph Berger, fwd.
Nonfiction Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Richard Bowers
Nonfiction Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes from the House That Herring Built Mark Russ Federman
Nonfiction Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival Christopher Benfey
Nonfiction Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future Rabbi Sidney Schwarz
Nonfiction From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture Saba Soomekh
Essay Why it Matters that Marshall was Never Nominated for the Supreme Court Earlier this week, M. M. Silver wrote about the riches in Louis Marshall’s archive and explored why it took so long for someone to write a full-length biography of… M. M. Silver March 1, 2013
Essay Can Israel Help American Jews Recall Their Own Forgotten Heroes? Earlier this week, M. M. Silver wrote about the riches in Louis Marshall’s archive. He will be blogging here this week for Jewish Book Council and… M. M. Silver February 27, 2013
Essay Ten Percent of American Jewry’s Top 100 List M. M. Silver is a modern Jewish history scholar at Max Stern College of Emek Yezreel in Israel. His newest book, Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish… M. M. Silver February 25, 2013
