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American Jewish Studies

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Authen­ti­cal­ly Ortho­dox: A Tra­di­tion-Bound Faith in Amer­i­can Life
Zev Eleff
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The Pio­neers: The Old­est Jew­ish Wom­en’s Book Club in America 

Pamela S. Nadell
May 11, 2020
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A Con­ver­sa­tion with Pamela Nadell

JBC Staff, Pamela S. Nadell
May 5, 2020
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Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous
Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Albert Ein­stein and the Poet­ry of Real
Manuel Garcia Iglesias, Marwan Kahil (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bad­er Ginsburg
Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.)
From the Journal

A Wom­an’s Voice: Books by Four Redis­cov­ered Authors

Ruth Andrew Ellenson
March 26, 2020
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JBC Book­shelf: Clas­sics Rewind

Simona Zaret­sky
March 20, 2020
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The Tenth Muse
Cather­ine Chung
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Excerpt: The Dairy Restaurant

Ben Katchor
March 16, 2020
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The Free and the Brave
Tovah S. Yavin
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The Sev­enth Heav­en: Trav­els Through Jew­ish Latin America
Ilan Sta­vans
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Non­fic­tion
Irv­ing Berlin: New York Genius
James Kaplan
Essay

On the Trail of Cora Wilburn

Jonathan D. Sarna
January 20, 2020
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Well Worth Sav­ing: Amer­i­can Uni­ver­si­ties’ Life-and-Death Deci­sions on Refugees from Nazi Europe
Laurel Leff
Essay

‘The Pur­suit of Truth’: Bring­ing Nazi Col­lab­o­ra­tors to Justice

Deb­bie Cenziper
December 16, 2019
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