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    Cover of Becoming Israeli: National Ideals & Everyday Life in the 1950s
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    Becom­ing Israeli: Nation­al Ideals & Every­day Life in the 1950s
    Anat Helman
    Interview

    Inter­view: Eric Lichtblau

    by Elise Coop­erThe Nazis Next Door by Eric Licht­blau is a com­pelling reminder of how quick­ly man’s inhu­man­i­ty to man has been for­got­ten. Many in the FBI, CIA, the…
    Elise Coop­er
    April 2, 2015
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    Assim­i­lat­ed Jews in the War­saw Ghet­to, 1940 – 1943
    Katarzyna Person
    Cover of The Kasztner Report: The Report of the Budapest Jewish Rescue Committee, 1942-1945
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    The Kaszt­ner Report: The Report of the Budapest Jew­ish Res­cue Com­mit­tee, 1942 – 1945
    Rezső Kasztner; edited by László Karsai and Judit Molnár
    Cover of The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941
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    The Dev­ils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stal­in, 1939 – 1941
    Roger Moorhouse
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    Israel Since the Six-Day War
    Leslie Stein
    Cover of The Jew Who Defeated Hitler: Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, and How We Won the War
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    The Jew Who Defeat­ed Hitler: Hen­ry Mor­gen­thau Jr., FDR, and How We Won the War
    Peter Moreira
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    To the Gates of Jerusalem: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDon­ald, 1945 – 1947
    James G. McDonald; Goda, McDonald Stewart, Hochberg, and Breitman, eds.
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    I Live. Send Help: 100 Years of Jew­ish His­to­ry in Images from the JDC Archives.
    Merri Ukraincik; Linda G. Levi, ed.; David Bezmozgis, fwd.
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    Bar Mitz­vah: A History
    Michael Hilton
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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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