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Interview

‘Our Shared His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Alyson Rich­man and Shaunna Edwards

Shaunna Edwards, Alyson Rich­man
August 29, 2022
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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Sol­diers in the Civ­il War: The Union Army
Adam D. Mendelsohn
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Non­fic­tion
The Last Kings of Shang­hai: The Rival Jew­ish Dynas­ties That Helped Cre­ate Mod­ern China
Jonathan Kauf­man
Essay

Dry Goods Mer­chant and Free­dom Fight­er: Samuel Fleish­man of Mar­i­an­na, FL

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about the Jews who lived in Mound Bay­ou. Her most recent book is Freedom’s Island, about an all-black Mis­sis­sip­pi town men­aced…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 9, 2015
Essay

The Jews of Mound Bayou

Sabra Wald­fo­gel writes his­tor­i­cal fic­tion about South­ern Jews and African Amer­i­cans in slav­ery and free­dom. Her most recent book, Freedom’s Island, about an all-black…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 6, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Jonathan D. Sarna

Lin­coln and the Jews: A His­to­ry by Jonathan D. Sar­na and Ben­jamin Shapell chron­i­cles the extra­or­di­nary rela­tion­ship between Pres­i­dent Abra­ham Lin­coln and…
Elise Coop­er
May 19, 2015
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Lin­coln and the Jews: A History
Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell
Essay

Stum­bling on Jew­ish Sup­pli­ers to the Confederacy

Adam D. Mendel­sohn is Direc­tor of the Pearlstine/​Lipov Cen­ter for South­ern Jew­ish Cul­ture and Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish Stud­ies at the Col­lege of Charleston. His…
Adam D. Mendelsohn
December 16, 2014
Essay

Jews and Slav­ery: Isaac Car­do­zo and Lydia Weston

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most emi­nent Jews in Geor­gia in the nine­teenth cen­tu­ry, and Clara Solomon, a Jew­ish girl…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
August 1, 2014
Essay

Jews and Slav­ery: Clara Solomon and Lucy Lewis

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most emi­nent Jews in Geor­gia in the nine­teenth cen­tu­ry. She has recent­ly pub­lished Slave and…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 30, 2014
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Fic­tion
Anna’s Dance: A Balkan Odyssey
Michele Levy
Essay

Sarah’s Key, Mary’s Secrets, and Truth That’s Stranger Than Fiction

Ear­li­er this week, Lois Lev­een wrote about what makes a book Jew­ish. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Lois Lev­een
June 28, 2012
Essay

A Jew­ish Magi­cian at the Egypt­ian Theatre

Ear­li­er this week, Ger­ald Kol­pan shared the sto­ry behind Eli Ger­shon­son and a pho­to gallery of some of the his­tor­i­cal fig­ures in his nov­el Mag­ic Words. He will…
Ger­ald Kolpan
May 2, 2012
Essay

Say­ing New Things About Old His­tor­i­cal Episodes

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Jonathan Sar­na wrote about writ­ing his most recent book, When Gen­er­al Grant Expelled the Jews, in Jerusalem. He has been blog­ging here all week for…
Jonathan D. Sarna
March 15, 2012
Essay

Writ­ing the Civ­il War in Jerusalem

Dr. Jonathan Sar­na​’s newest book, When Gen­er­al Grant Expelled the Jews, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Jonathan D. Sarna
March 13, 2012
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All Oth­er Nights
Dara Horn
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