Items with the category: American Jewish Studies | Jewish Book Council

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Jewish Asian American Stories

Becca Kantor

March 19, 2021

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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)

Cover of Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side

Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side

Jonathan Boyarin

Excerpt

Excerpt: Esther in America

Stuart Halpern

February 22, 2021

Essay

The Jewish Roots of Wonder Woman’s Pop Feminism

Lori Harrison-Kahan

December 21, 2020

Cover of The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

Essay

Why the Personal Becomes Political: Jews in American Politics

Kenneth D. Wald

October 19, 2020

Essay

Leaving the Lower East Side

Jonathan Boyarin

October 5, 2020

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Jewish Identity in American Art: A Golden Age Since the 1970’s

Matthew Baigell

Interview

‘Touched with Fire’: A Conversation with David E. Lowe

Edward Shapiro

September 7, 2020

Cover of Unstoppable: The Incredible Journey of Siggi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Survivor who Overcame All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend

Unstoppable: The Incredible Journey of Siggi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Survivor who Overcame All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend

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Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

Jodi Eichler-Levine

Cover of Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies

Salvage Poetics: Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies

Cover of The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

Cover of The Radical Writings of Jack Nusan Porter

The Radical Writings of Jack Nusan Porter

Jack Nusan Porter