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Forged in Amer­i­ca: How Irish-Jew­ish Encoun­ters Shaped a Nation
Hasia R. Diner
Miri­am Nyhan Grey
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The Mon­ey Kings: The Epic Sto­ry of the Jew­ish Immi­grants Who Trans­formed Wall Street and Shaped Mod­ern America
Daniel Schul­man
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The Inside Name
Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus.
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A Rev­o­lu­tion in Type: Gen­der and the Mak­ing of the Amer­i­can Yid­dish Press
Ayelet Brinn
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Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suit­case: Three Immi­grant Voices
Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi, and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz; Fotini Tikkou, illus.
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Kugels & Col­lards: Sto­ries of Food, Fam­i­ly, and Tra­di­tion in Jew­ish South Carolina
Rachel Gordin Bar­nett and Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
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Dwell Time: A Mem­oir of Art, Exile, and Repair
Rosa Lowinger
Essay

Return­ing to Cuba: Art Con­ser­va­tion and Fam­i­ly History

Rosa Lowinger
October 9, 2023
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The Box with the Sun­flower Clasp
Rachel Meller
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Mor­gen­thau: Pow­er, Priv­i­lege, and the Rise of an Amer­i­can Dynasty
Andrew Meier
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The Wolf Hunt
Ayelet Gun­dar-Goshen
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Women and the South Car­oli­na Jew­ish Table

Rachel Gordin Bar­nett and Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
September 18, 2023
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We Are Not Strangers
Josh Tuininga
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Dream by Dream: The Sto­ry of Rab­bi Isaac May­er Wise
Geri Kolesar; Sofia Moore, illus.
Essay

Home­steading Jews

Susan Lynn Meyer
August 14, 2023
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How to Become an Amer­i­can: A His­to­ry of Immi­gra­tion, Assim­i­la­tion, and Loneliness
Daniel Wolff
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