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History

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Israel’s Black Pan­thers: The Rad­i­cals Who Punc­tured a Nation’s Found­ing Myth
Asaf Elia-Shalev
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The Ein­stein of Sex: Dr. Mag­nus Hirschfeld, the Vision­ary of Weimar Berlin
Daniel Brook
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Declas­si­fied: The Women Using Math to Fight Back Dur­ing WWII

Cam­bria Gordon
June 24, 2024
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Israel/​Palestine in World Reli­gions: Whose Promised Land?
S. Ilan Troen
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Jew­ish War Brides: Heroes in History

Robin Judd
May 27, 2024
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Lib­er­ty Street: A Savan­nah Fam­i­ly, Its Gold­en Boy, and the Civ­il War
Jason K. Friedman
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In the Foot­steps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Anas­ta­sios Karababas
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JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer 2024

Simona Zaret­sky
May 13, 2024
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Con­text and Chal­lenge: Whose Promised Land?

S. Ilan Troen
May 13, 2024
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Excerpt: Unex­pect­ed Pas­sages, 1940 – 1941

Rachel Scheer
May 6, 2024
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From Man­del­stam to Moth­er Doll

Katya Apekina
April 30, 2024
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Exo­dus and Amer­i­can His­to­ry: ​“The Promise of Liberty”

Stu­art Halpern, Jacob Kupi­et­zky
April 15, 2024
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Herod the Great: Jew­ish King in a Roman World
Mar­tin Goodman
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Write like a Man: Jew­ish Mas­culin­i­ty and the New York Intellectuals
Ron­nie A. Grinberg
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Time’s Echo: The Sec­ond World War, the Holo­caust, and the Music of Remembrance
Jere­my Eichler
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The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
Rob Kut­ner
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