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American Jewish Studies

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How Pol­ly Adler, the Jew­ish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Top­sy-Turvy Amer­i­can Suc­cess Story

Deb­by Applegate
November 22, 2021
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The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography
Jacques Berlinerblau
Non­fic­tion
Not From Here: The Song of America
Leah Lax
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Madam: The Biog­ra­phy of Pol­ly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
Deb­by Applegate
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We Shall Build Anew: Stephen S. Wise, the Jew­ish Insti­tute of Reli­gion, and the Rein­ven­tion of Amer­i­can Lib­er­al Judaism
Shirley Idel­son
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On Account of Sex: Ruth Bad­er Gins­burg and the Mak­ing of Gen­der Equal­i­ty Law
Philip­pa Strum
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Malka­h’s Note­book: A Jour­ney into the Mys­ti­cal Aleph-Bet
Mira Z. Amiras
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Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
Richard Rabi­nowitz
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Geneal­o­gy of a Mur­der: Four Gen­er­a­tions, Three Fam­i­lies, One Fate­ful Night
Lisa Belkin
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Awak­en­ings: Amer­i­can Jew­ish Transformations
Ben­jamin Spratt
Joshua Stan­ton
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Poet­ry
Refusenik: poems
Lynn Mel­nick
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Jews Across the Amer­i­c­as: A Source­book, 1492 – Present
Adri­ana Brodsky
Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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Woke Anti­semitism: How a Pro­gres­sive Ide­ol­o­gy Harms Jews
David Bern­stein
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Sears Crosstown in Mem­phis: From Cat­a­logues to a Concourse
Bill Hal­tom
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Most For­tu­nate Unfor­tu­nates: The Jew­ish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans
Mar­lene Trestman
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Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to Find the Sil­ver Lin­ing in Misfortune
Roni Rob­bins
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