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American Jewish Studies

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Dough: A Memoir
Mort Zachter
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Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Lon­don­der­ry’s Extra­or­di­nary Ride
Peter Zheutlin
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The For­tune Cook­ie Chron­i­cles: Adven­tures in the World of Chi­nese Food
Jennifer B. Lee
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Grow­ing Up At Grossinger’s
Tania Grossinger
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Recov­er­ing ​“Yid­dish­land”: Thresh­old Moments in Amer­i­can Literature
Merle L. Bachman
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Man­is­che­witz: The Mat­zo Fam­i­ly: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Icon
Laura Manischewitz Alpern; Jonathan D. Sarna, intro.
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The Jews of Silence: A Per­son­al Report on Sovi­et Jewry
Elie Wiesel
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The Sovi­et Jew­ish Americans
Annelise Orleck
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Imag­in­ing the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Community
Jack Wertheimer, ed.
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The Inde­pen­dent Orders of B’nai B’rith and True Sis­ters: Pio­neers of a New Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty 1843 – 1914
Cornelia Wilhelm
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Yid­dish in Amer­i­ca: Essays on Yid­dish Cul­ture in the Gold­en Land
Edward S. Shapiro
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In the Coun­try of Brook­lyn: Inspi­ra­tion to the World
Peter Golenbock
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Pens and Swords: How the Amer­i­can Main­stream Media Report the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian Conflict
Marda Dunsky
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New Mex­i­co’s Cryp­to-Jews: Image and Memory
Cary Herz, photographs; Ori Z. Soltes and Mona Hernandes, essays
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Des­ti­na­tion Bat Mitzvahs

Ear­li­er this week, Shu­lamit Rein­harz and Bar­bara Vinick wrote about the his­to­ry of the bat miz­vah and Bar­bara Vinick shared her own sto­ry. Today, Shu­lamit Rein­harz…
Bar­bara Vinick, Shu­lamit Reinharz
January 13, 2012
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Land­mark of the Spir­it: The Eldridge Street Synagogue
Annie Pollard; Bill Moyers, fwd.
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