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American Jewish Studies

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The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America
Bruce D. Haynes
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On Mid­dle Ground: A His­to­ry of the Jews of Baltimore
Eric L. Goldstein and Deborah R. Weiner
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Beyond Chris­mukkah: The Chris­t­ian-Jew­ish Inter­faith Fam­i­ly in the Unit­ed States
Samira K. Mehta
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God Is In the Crowd: Twen­ty-First Cen­tu­ry Judaism
Tal Keinan
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The Jew­ish Amer­i­can Para­dox: Embrac­ing Choice in a Chang­ing World
Robert Mnookin
Essay

In World War II-Era North Car­oli­na, A Haven for Ger­man Jew­ish Artists and Academics

Charles Dar­went
November 6, 2018
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The New Amer­i­can Judaism: How Jews Prac­tice Their Reli­gion Today
Jack Wertheimer
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(((Semi­tism))): Being Jew­ish in Amer­i­ca in the Age of Trump
Jonathan Weis­man
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The Magi­cian and the Spirits
Deborah Noyes
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God Bless Amer­i­ca: The Sto­ry of an Immi­grant Named Irv­ing Berlin
Adah Nuchi; Rob Polivka, illus.
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Jour­neys: An Amer­i­can Story
Andrew Tisch & Mary Skafidas
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Pen­nies for Heav­en: The His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Syn­a­gogues and Money
Daniel Judson
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A Father’s Sto­ry: My Fight for Jus­tice Against Iran­ian Terror
Stephen M. Flatow
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The Jew­ish Base­ball Card Book
Bob Wechsler, Peter McDonald, & Martin Abramowitz
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Sewing the Fab­ric of State­hood: Gar­ment Unions, Amer­i­can Labor, and the Estab­lish­ment of the State of Israel
Adam M. Howard
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What Jus­tice Demands: Amer­i­ca and the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian Conflict
Elan Journo
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