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    American Jewish Studies

    Cover of The Essays of Leonard Michaels
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    The Essays of Leonard Michaels
    Leonard Michaels
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    The Un-Amer­i­cans: Jews, the Black­list, and Stoolpi­geon Culture
    Joseph Litvak
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    The Colum­bia His­to­ry of Jews & Judaism in America
    Marc Lee Raphael, ed.
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    Boule­vard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heart­break, and Hope along the Grand Con­course in the Bronx
    Con­stance Rosenblum
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    The UnCiv­il Uni­ver­si­ty: Intol­er­ance on Col­lege Campuses
    Gary A. Tobin, Aryeh K. Weinberg, and Jenna Ferer
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    A World of Trou­ble: The White House and the Mid­dle East – from the Cold War to the War on Terror
    Patrick Tyler
    Cover of Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States
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    Sta­tion Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of Yid­dish Radio in the Unit­ed States
    Ari Y. Kelman
    Cover of Jews and Baseball: Volume 2, The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949-2008
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    Jews and Base­ball: Vol­ume 2, The Post-Green­berg Years, 1949 – 2008
    Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman; Ron Kaplan, fwd.
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    Jacob’s Cane: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly’s Jour­ney from the Four Lands of Lithua­nia to the Ports of Lon­don and Baltimore
    Elisa New
    Cover of Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War
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    Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War
    Ali­son Buckholtz
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    Ency­clo­pe­dia of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Pop­u­lar Culture
    Jack Fischel, ed. with Susan M. Ortmann
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    Louis D. Bran­deis: A Life
    Melvin I. Urofsky
    Cover of Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen
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    Save the Deli: In Search of Per­fect Pas­tra­mi, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jew­ish Delicatessen
    David Sax
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    Tri-Faith Amer­i­ca: How Catholics and Jews Held Post­war Amer­i­ca to Its Protes­tant Promise
    Kevin M. Schultz
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    A Fine Romance: Jew­ish Song­writ­ers, Amer­i­can Songs
    David Lehman
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    Mes­si­ahs of 1933: How Amer­i­can Yid­dish The­atre Sur­vived Adver­si­ty Through Satire
    Joel Schechter
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