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History

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Hitler’s First Vic­tims: The Quest for Justice
Timothy W. Ryback
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Inside a Class Action: The Holo­caust and the Swiss Banks
Jane Schapiro
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We’ve Got the Moves: Jew­ish Mad­ness on Madi­son Avenue

Ear­li­er this week, Ker­ri P. Stein­berg wrote about the Jew­ish women in adver­tis­ing a in 1960s New York. She is the author of the recent­ly pub­lished book Jew­ish Mad…
Ker­ri P. Steinberg
January 29, 2015
Essay

Jew­ish Mad Women

Ker­ri P. Stein­berg is an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of art his­to­ry at Otis Col­lege of Art and Design in Los Ange­les. She is the author of the recent­ly pub­lished book Jew­ish…
Ker­ri P. Steinberg
January 26, 2015
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The Reck­on­ing: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land — A True Detec­tive Story
Patrick Bishop
Essay

Lib­er­a­tion

Men­achem Z. Rosen­saft is Gen­er­al Coun­sel of the World Jew­ish Con­gress and edi­tor of the new­ly pub­lished God, Faith & Iden­ti­ty from the Ash­es: Reflec­tions…
Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
January 12, 2015
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Thir­teen Days in Sep­tem­ber: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
Lawrence Wright
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Amer­i­can Judaism: A History
Jonathan D. Sarna
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The Nazis Next Door: How Amer­i­ca Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men
Eric Lichtblau
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Con­script­ed Slaves: Hun­gar­i­an Jew­ish Forced Labor­ers on the East­ern Front Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War
Robert Rozett
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Gates of Tears: The Holo­caust in the Lublin District
David Silberklang
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Eich­mann Before Jerusalem: The Unex­am­ined Life of a Mass Murderer
Bettina Stangneth; Ruth Martin, trans.
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Prac­tic­ing Piety in Medieval Ashke­naz: Men, Women, and Every­day Reli­gious Observance
Elisheva Baumgarten
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Sephar­di Lives: A Doc­u­men­tary His­to­ry, 1700 – 1950
Julia Phillips Cohen and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, eds.
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Becom­ing Ottomans: Sephar­di Jews and Impe­r­i­al Cit­i­zen­ship in the Mod­ern Era
Julia Phillips Cohen
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Jew­ish Rights, Nation­al Rites: Nation­al­ism and Auton­o­my in Late Impe­r­i­al and Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Russia
Simon Rabinovitch
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