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    American Jewish Studies

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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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    Why the Per­son­al Becomes Polit­i­cal: Jews in Amer­i­can Politics

    Ken­neth D. Wald
    October 19, 2020
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    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
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    ‘Touched with Fire’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David E. Lowe

    Edward Shapiro
    September 7, 2020
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    The Rad­i­cal Writ­ings of Jack Nusan Porter
    Jack Nusan Porter
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    Unstop­pable: The Incred­i­ble Jour­ney of Sig­gi B. Wilzig, the Auschwitz Sur­vivor who Over­came All Odds and Became a Wall Street Legend
    Joshua Greene
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    Paint­ed Pome­gran­ates and Needle­point Rab­bis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Cre­ate Community
    Jodi Eich­ler-Levine
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    Sal­vage Poet­ics: Post-Holo­caust Amer­i­can Jew­ish Folk Ethnographies
    Sheila Jelen
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    The Beau­ty of What Remains: How Our Great­est Fear Becomes Our Great­est Gift
    Steve Led­er
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    Dance as Cul­tur­al Exchange: Martha Gra­ham’s Legacy

    Vic­to­ria Phillips
    August 24, 2020
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