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American Jewish Studies

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Most For­tu­nate Unfor­tu­nates: The Jew­ish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans
Mar­lene Trestman
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Let Lib­er­ty Rise!: How America’s School­child­ren Helped Save the Stat­ue of Liberty
Chana Stiefel, Chuck Groenink (Illustrator)
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Amer­i­ca’s First Jew­ish Astronaut

Kevin Cook
June 28, 2021
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From Sarah to Syd­ney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
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My Hand on His Shoul­der: A Descen­dant of Cryp­to-Jews Inserts Her­self into the His­tor­i­cal Record

Kath­leen Alcalá
June 21, 2021
Essay

Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Three Nov­els by E.L. Konigsburg

Emi­ly Schneider
June 7, 2021
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All I Could Nev­er Be
Anzia Yezierska
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Philip Roth: A Counterlife
Ira Nadel
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The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immi­grant House­wives and the Riots that Shook New York City
Scott D. Seligman
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Jew­ish Asian Amer­i­can Stories

Bec­ca Kantor
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The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Phil­an­thropic Com­plex: The His­to­ry of a Multi­bil­lion-Dol­lar Institution
Lila Cor­win Berman
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Esther in America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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Yeshi­va Days: Learn­ing on the Low­er East Side
Jonathan Boyarin
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Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu­art Halpern
February 22, 2021
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The Jew­ish Roots of Won­der Woman’s Pop Feminism

Lori Har­ri­son-Kahan
December 21, 2020
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The Diary of Ass­er Levy: First Jew­ish Cit­i­zen of New York
Daniela Weil
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