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History

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A Lethal Obses­sion: Anti-Semi­tism from Antiq­ui­ty to the Glob­al Jihad
Robert S. Wistrich
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The Dön­me: Jew­ish Con­verts, Mus­lim Rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies, and Sec­u­lar Turks
Marc David Baer
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The Agony of Greek Jews, 1940 – 1945
Steven B. Bowman
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WWII Behind Closed Doors — Stal­in, The Nazis and The West
Laurence Rees
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The Holo­caust in the Sovi­et Union
Yitzhak Arad; Ora Cummings, trans.
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Rag and Bone: A Jour­ney Among the World’s Holy Dead
Peter Manseau
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Save the Deli: In Search of Per­fect Pas­tra­mi, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jew­ish Delicatessen
David Sax
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Mes­si­ahs of 1933: How Amer­i­can Yid­dish The­atre Sur­vived Adver­si­ty Through Satire
Joel Schechter
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Rashi
Elie Wiesel
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Ger­son­ides: Judaism with­in the Lim­its of Reason
Seymour Feldman
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Tri-Faith Amer­i­ca: How Catholics and Jews Held Post­war Amer­i­ca to Its Protes­tant Promise
Kevin M. Schultz
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1948: The First Arab-Israeli War
Benny Morris
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The His­to­ry of People

Ear­li­er this week, Dou­glas Stark wrote about the best Jew­ish bas­ket­ball team ever and about research­ing Jew­ish sports. He has been blog­ging all…
Dou­glas Stark
August 19, 2011
Essay

Research­ing Jew­ish Sports

On Mon­day, Dou­glas Stark wrote about the best Jew­ish bas­ket­ball team ever. His new book, The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Great­est Jew­ish…
Dou­glas Stark
August 17, 2011
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The Great­est Jew­ish Bas­ket­ball Team

Dou­glas Stark​’s The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Great­est Jew­ish Team is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
Dou­glas Stark
August 15, 2011
Essay

An Emp­ty Men­tal Space

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Eri­ca Brown asked, ​“What are the Three Weeks, any­way?”, and wrote about learn­ing to mourn. Her new book, In the Nar­row Places,…
Eri­ca Brown
July 22, 2011
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