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Essay

Alexander Hamilton and His Jewish Witnesses

Andrew Porwancher

August 16, 2021

Cover of To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Cover of The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness

The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness

Andrei S. Markovits

Cover of Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice

Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice

Rachel B. Gross

Essay

Culture of Fragrance: Jewish Perfumers in the Twentieth Century

Timothy Schaffert

July 26, 2021

Jews and the Olympics

Cover of Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream

Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream

Michael Shnayerson

Cover of Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945-1989

Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945 – 1989

Cover of Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty

Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty

Claudia Friddell, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)

Essay

A Jewish Traitor

Maurice Samuels

July 12, 2021

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Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe

Ephraim Shoham-Steiner

Cover of Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes of My Father's German Village

Good Neighbors, Bad Times Revisited: New Echoes of My Father’s German Village

Cover of German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighborhood in the Holy City

German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighborhood in the Holy City

Thomas Sparr, Stephen Brown (Translator)

Cover of Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews

Cover of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Cover of Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis

Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis

Jeffrey H. Jackson