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Visual Arts Jews in America: From New Amsterdam to the Yiddish Stage Stephen D. Corrsin, Amanda Seigel and Kenneth Benson
Essay Finding a Tradition of His Own: A Southern Outsider by Beth KissileffSteve Stern’s most recent collection, The Book of Mischief, was published in September 2012 by Graywolf Press.Steve Stern is, in my opinion, the best… Beth Kissileff February 7, 2013
Nonfiction A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1800 – 1960 Gabriel M. Goldstein and Elizabeth E. Greenberg, eds.
Nonfiction City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, With a Visual Essay by Diana L. Linden Rock, Polland, Soyer, Gurock; Deborah Dash Moore, ed.
Nonfiction To Heal The World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel Jonathan Neumann
Nonfiction A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America Kirsten Fermaglich
Nonfiction What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans) Naomi B. Sokoloff and Nancy E. Berg
Essay Is There a Jewish Literary Renaissance? Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His most recent books are the collection of essays Singer’s Typewriter… Ilan Stavans December 24, 2012