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    American Jewish Studies

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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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    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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    Dress­ing Mod­ern Mater­ni­ty: The Frank­furt Sis­ters of Dal­las and the Page Boy Label
    Kay Goldman
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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
    Cover of Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero
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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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    Jew­ish Mega­trends: Chart­ing the Course of the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Future
    Rabbi Sidney Schwarz
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    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
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