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Contributors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Ronald Gomes Casseres descends from Sephardic Jews who first landed in Curaçao in 1690. He was born and lived most of his life on that Dutch Caribbean island. He has served the historic Mikvé Israel-Emanuel community for over forty years and continues to be a leading member of the community. He has been active in numerous
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Introduction: Special Issue on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in the Americas American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Devin E. Naar
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Introduction:Special Issue on Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in the Americas Devin E. Naar (bio) The nascent field of Sephardic studies began to take shape in the 1930s. One of its pioneering figures, Albert Adatto, later reflected on his unconventional process as a scholar: I do not consider myself a scholar in the normal sense. I am making
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The (Mis)representation of Sephardic Jews in American Jewish Historiography American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Devin E. Naar
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The (Mis)representation of Sephardic Jews in American Jewish Historiography Devin E. Naar (bio) Nearly seventy years ago, in 1954, a landmark American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) conference commemorated the tricentennial of Jewish presence in North America. In his opening address, "The Writing of American Jewish History," Salo Wittmayer
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Resilience and Redemption: A Transatlantic Perspective on Psalms in Espejo fiel de vidas (Faithful Mirror of Lives) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Matthew Warshawsky
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Resilience and Redemption:A Transatlantic Perspective on Psalms in Espejo fiel de vidas (Faithful Mirror of Lives) Matthew Warshawsky (bio) This article studies Espejo fiel de vidas que contiene los Psalmos de David en verso, obra devota, útil y deleitable (Faithful Mirror of Lives That Contains the Psalms of David in Verse, a Devout,
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A Tale of Two Jewish Cemeteries: Preservation of Jewish Historic Heritage in the Caribbean American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Ronald Gomes Casseres
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Tale of Two Jewish Cemeteries:Preservation of Jewish Historic Heritage in the Caribbean Ronald Gomes Casseres (bio) It has been 370 years since the first Jews settled in Curaçao. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the island's Jewish community was the largest in the Americas with some 1500 Jews.1 In 1789, notwithstanding a decrease
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Women, Cookbooks, and the Making of American Sephardic Culture American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Max Modiano Daniel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Women, Cookbooks, and the Making of American Sephardic Culture Max Modiano Daniel (bio) In April 1976, the Los Angeles Times sent journalist Jean Bennett to cover the Moroccan Jewish celebration of mimouna at the Em Habanim synagogue in North Hollywood. Celebrated at the conclusion of Passover by Moroccan Jews throughout the world, mimouna
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Rethinking Moroccan Transnationalism: Sephardism, Decolonization, and Activism between Israel and Montreal American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Roy Orel Shukrun, Aviad Moreno
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Rethinking Moroccan Transnationalism:Sephardism, Decolonization, and Activism between Israel and Montreal Roy Orel Shukrun (bio) and Aviad Moreno (bio) In 1974, Maurice Elmaleh arrived in Montreal from Morocco and a year later started working at the Centre Hillel Francophone with "a good number" of other recently immigrated Moroccan Jews
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100 Years of Sephardic Los Angeles (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Ellen Eisenberg
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: 100 Years of Sephardic Los Angeles Ellen Eisenberg (bio) 100 Years of Sephardic Los Angeles, A Project of the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies ( 2020), sephardiclosangeles.org. Showcasing "the vibrancy of Sephardic culture in the City of Angels, and…its astonishing diversity, past and present," the two dozen essays
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We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight over Israel by Eric Alterman (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Amy Weiss
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight over Israel by Eric Alterman Amy Weiss (bio) We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight over Israel. By Eric Alterman. New York: Basic Books, 2022. 502 pp. A little more than twenty years ago, historian Jerold Auerbach asked the question "Are We One?" in the title of his book
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Salo Baron, Columbia University and the Remaking of Jewish Studies in the United States ed. by Rebecca Kobrin (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Michael Brenner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Salo Baron, Columbia University and the Remaking of Jewish Studies in the United States ed. by Rebecca Kobrin Michael Brenner (bio) Rebecca Kobrin, ed. Salo Baron, Columbia University and the Remaking of Jewish Studies in the United States. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. 266 pp. No other individual shaped the institutional
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Making Shabbat: Celebrating and Learning at American Jewish Summer Camps by Joseph Reimer (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Sivan Zakai
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Making Shabbat: Celebrating and Learning at American Jewish Summer Camps by Joseph Reimer Sivan Zakai (bio) Making Shabbat: Celebrating and Learning at American Jewish Summer Camps. By Joseph Reimer. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2022. 248 pp. How is Shabbat celebrated at American Jewish summer camps? And what types
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Jews In Contemporary Visual Entertainment: Raced, Sexed, and Erased by Carol Siegel (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Samantha Pickette
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Jews In Contemporary Visual Entertainment: Raced, Sexed, and Erased by Carol Siegel Samantha Pickette (bio) Jews In Contemporary Visual Entertainment: Raced, Sexed, and Erased. By Carol Siegel. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2022. ix + 245 pp. In Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment: Raced, Sexed, and Erased,
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An American Friendship. Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism by David Weinfeld (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Jakob Egholm Feldt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: An American Friendship. Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism by David Weinfeld Jakob Egholm Feldt (bio) An American Friendship. Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism. By David Weinfeld. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2022. 248 pp. An American Friendship. Horace
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Contributors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Susan A. Glenn is professor of history and the Samuel and the Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author of Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation (Cornell University Press, 1990), which won the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly
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"Suppose the Mother Were Jewish": Leo Pfeffer, the American Jewish Congress, and the Problem of Religious Protection Law American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Susan A. Glenn
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Suppose the Mother Were Jewish":Leo Pfeffer, the American Jewish Congress, and the Problem of Religious Protection Law1 Susan A. Glenn (bio) When the Executive Committee of the National Community Relations Advisory Council met in New York City in January 1956 to discuss issues of concern to the Jewish community, a heated debate erupted
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A "Jewish Marshall Plan": The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France by Laura Hobson-Faure (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Sara Halpern
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A "Jewish Marshall Plan": The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France by Laura Hobson-Faure Sara Halpern (bio) A "Jewish Marshall Plan": The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France. By Laura Hobson-Faure. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2022. xix + 336 pp. Laura Hobson-Faure activates French Jewish
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The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist by Sarah Imhoff (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Hannah Zaves Greene
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist by Sarah Imhoff Hannah Zaves Greene (bio) The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist. By Sarah Imhoff. Durham: Duke University Press, 2022. ix + 272 pp. It is by now all too familiar to declare that academia is the life of the mind. But—as Sarah Imhoff would
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This Was America 1865–1965: Unequal Citizens in the Segregated Republic by Gerd Korman (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Steven J. Diner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: This Was America 1865–1965: Unequal Citizens in the Segregated Republic by Gerd Korman Steven J. Diner (bio) Gerd Korman. This Was America 1865–1965: Unequal Citizens in the Segregated Republic. By Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2022. In this recently published book, Gerd Korman provides a rich narrative of the barriers faced
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A Religious History of the American GI in World War II by G. Kurt Piehler (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Michael Snape
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Religious History of the American GI in World War II by G. Kurt Piehler Michael Snape (bio) A Religious History of the American GI in World War II. By G. Kurt Piehler. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. xv + 393 pp. A substantial body of literature exists on religion and the American service man and woman during
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American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York by Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Motti Inbari
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York by Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers Motti Inbari (bio) American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York. By Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. xiii- 477
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Mutual Empowerment in the "Power Era": US Jews and American Indians in the Post–Civil Rights Movement United States American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Avery Weinman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Mutual Empowerment in the "Power Era":US Jews and American Indians in the Post–Civil Rights Movement United States1 Avery Weinman (bio) On December 7, 1969, Joel Brooks and Rabbi Roger E. Herst—two US Jews representing the northern California division of the American Jewish Congress (AJCongress), a major institution of organized Jewish
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An Unrealized Vision: The "American Jewish Historical Exhibition" of 1901–1902 American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Jeffrey Shandler
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: An Unrealized Vision:The "American Jewish Historical Exhibition" of 1901–19021 Jeffrey Shandler (bio) On June 27, 1901, the New York Times reported on "A Jewish Exhibition," planned to be presented "in this city during the Winter of 1901 and 1902" by the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS), founded as a learned society in 1892. The
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Sources of Jewish Music: Active and Passive Assimilation Revisited American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Jonathan L. Friedmann
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Sources of Jewish Music:Active and Passive Assimilation Revisited Jonathan L. Friedmann (bio) General theories are scarce in the current field of Jewish music research. Most attempts at all-encompassing rules or principles have proven untenable due to the complexity of the terms involved—"Jewish" and "music"—as well as the overwhelming
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Lee Shai Weissbach (1947–2022) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Janice W. Fernheimer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Lee Shai Weissbach (1947–2022) Janice W. Fernheimer (bio) Lee Shai Weissbach, professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisville, passed away on September 29, 2022. Born in Haifa to an Egyptian-born father and a Virginian-born mother, he moved to Cincinnati at the age of five. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati
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Affiliated Identities in Jewish American Literature by David Hadar (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Naomi Taub
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Affiliated Identities in Jewish American Literature by David Hadar Naomi Taub (bio) Affiliated Identities in Jewish American Literature. By David Hadar. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. ix + 216 pp. "How do we know what we know about authors?" David Hadar asks at the start of Affiliated Identities in Jewish American Literature
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Immigration, Ideology, and Public Activity from an American Jewish Perspective: A Journey Across Three Continents by Zohar Segev (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Michael Keren
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Immigration, Ideology, and Public Activity from an American Jewish Perspective: A Journey Across Three Continents by Zohar Segev Michael Keren (bio) Immigration, Ideology, and Public Activity from an American Jewish Perspective: A Journey Across Three Continents. By Zohar Segev. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2022. x + 233
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Unwelcome Guests: A History of Access to American Higher Education by Harold S. Weschler and Steven J. Diner (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Shira Kohn
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Unwelcome Guests: A History of Access to American Higher Education by Harold S. Weschler and Steven J. Diner Shira Kohn (bio) Unwelcome Guests: A History of Access to American Higher Education. By Harold S. Weschler and Steven J. Diner. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. xi + 211 pp. In 2016, the Pew Research
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Contributors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Contributors Jeffrey A. Marx, independent scholar, is the author of several monographs on American Jewish history including "Jeshurun Grew Fat and Kicked: Another Look at the Touro and Leeser Kansas Colonies," Kansas History 43, no. 1 (2020); and "Eating Up: The Origins of Bagels and Lox," in Leah Hochman, ed., Tastes of Faith:
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A Note From The Editors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Note From The Editors The editors of American Jewish History occasionally conceptualize and produce issues organized around a specific theme. One might assume this to be the case for our current issue, since all three scholarly articles feature, to varying degrees, the editor, publisher, and lay minister, Isaac Leeser (1806–1868). But
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Isaac Leeser and Slavery: A Match Made in Richmond American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 David Weinfeld
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Isaac Leeser and Slavery:A Match Made in Richmond1 David Weinfeld (bio) In October 1850, The Occident and American Jewish Advocate published an article titled "Judaism and its Principles." The piece was written by Isaac Leeser (1806–68), founder and editor of the newspaper and former hazan of Philadelphia's Congregation Mikveh Israel.
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A Tale of Two Catechisms: Education, Generational Conflict, and Geographical Division in Nineteenth-Century American Judaism American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Laura Yares
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Tale of Two Catechisms:Education, Generational Conflict, and Geographical Division in Nineteenth-Century American Judaism Laura Yares (bio) In the second issue of his English-language newspaper The Israelite, published in July 1854, Isaac Mayer Wise offered his appraisal of the current state of American Jewish education in an editorial
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The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography by Jacques Berlinerblau (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Hana Wirth-Nesher
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography by Jacques Berlinerblau Hana Wirth-Nesher (bio) The Philip Roth We Don't Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography. By Jacques Berlinerblau. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021. 230 pp. Philip Roth's fate hangs in the balance as a celebrated and lauded American
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Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice by Rachel B. Gross (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Gabrielle A. Berlinger
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice by Rachel B. Gross Gabrielle A. Berlinger (bio) Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice. By Rachel B. Gross. New York: NYU Press, 2021. xii + 259 pp. In Beyond the Synagogue, Rachel B. Gross makes a bold and significant claim: Jewish religion
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No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging ed. by David S. Koffman (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Gerald Sorin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging ed. by David S. Koffman Gerald Sorin (bio) No Better Home? Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging. Edited by David S. Koffman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. 314 pp. No Better Home? begins with an audacious question: "Has there ever been a better home
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The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Dana Y. Rabin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher Dana Y. Rabin (bio) The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton. By Andrew Porwancher. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. ix + 254 pp. In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Porwancher promises to reveal the place of Judaism in the life of Alexander
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Populism and Ethnicity: Peronism and the Jews of Argentina by Raanan Rein (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Valeria Navarro-Rosenblatt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Populism and Ethnicity: Peronism and the Jews of Argentina by Raanan Rein Valeria Navarro-Rosenblatt (bio) Populism and Ethnicity: Peronism and the Jews of Argentina. By Raanan Rein. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. 296 pp. Populism and Ethnicity is a translation of Raanan Rein's book Los Muchachos Peronistas
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Armed Jews in the Americas ed. by Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Aaron Welt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Armed Jews in the Americas ed. by Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin Aaron Welt (bio) Armed Jews in the Americas. Edited by Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021. xii + 251 pp. America is a society awash in guns. As of 2018, there were 1.2 firearms for every citizen in the United States. With the Constitution's
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Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel by John F. Sears (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Anya Luscombe
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel by John F. Sears Anya Luscombe (bio) Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel. By John F. Sears. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2021. 327 pp. Eleanor Roosevelt is without a
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Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement by Julian E. Zelizer (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Robert Eisen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement by Julian E. Zelizer Robert Eisen (bio) Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement. By Julian E. Zelizer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. xxiii + 297 pp. Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) was unique among modern Jewish thinkers. These thinkers
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Synagogues of the South: Architecture and Jewish Identity. An Exhibit of Postcards from the William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection by Samuel D. Gruber (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Jeanne Abrams
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Synagogues of the South: Architecture and Jewish Identity. An Exhibit of Postcards from the William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection by Samuel D. Gruber Jeanne Abrams (bio) Synagogues of the South: Architecture and Jewish Identity. An Exhibit of Postcards from the William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection. 2022. Online exhibit
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Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story by Andrew Lapin (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-05-02 David Weinstein
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Storyby Andrew Lapin David Weinstein (bio) Radioactive: The Father Coughlin StoryAndrew Lapin, host Eight episodes (10 12, 2021 to 11 23, 2021) Produced by Tablet Studios, with support from Maimonides Fund, in association with The WNET Group's reporting initiative Exploring Hate: Antisemitism
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Contributors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Mark K. Bauman retired as professor of history at Atlanta Metropolitan College. He serves as editor of Southern Jewish History and co-edits the series "Jews and Judaism: History and Culture" for the University of Alabama Press. Bauman has served as a Mason Fellow at the College of William and Mary and held fellowships at the
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Emma Goldman, An Anarchist at the Opera American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Samantha M. Cooper
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Emma Goldman, An Anarchist at the Opera1 Samantha M. Cooper (bio) "I think [Emma Goldman's] whole life was operatic…meaning flamboyantly larger than life." —Martin B. Duberman, Emma Goldman Radical anarchist Emma Goldman (1869–1940) is something of a household name in the discipline of American Jewish History. Born in Kovno (now Kaunas
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Jews and the Farm-Business Complex in the Southern British Mainland Colonies and Beyond American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Mark K. Bauman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Jews and the Farm-Business Complex in the Southern British Mainland Colonies and Beyond Mark K. Bauman (bio) In 1733, Abigail Minis sailed across the Atlantic with her husband, Abraham, as part of the first contingent of Jews from England to Savannah, Georgia. She juggled raising a family while helping Abraham conduct business. He gave
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The Viennese Rite and American Moderate Reform Judaism American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Bruce Ruben
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Viennese Rite and American Moderate Reform Judaism Bruce Ruben (bio) In the mid-nineteenth century, a group of immigrant rabbis, including Isaac Mayer Wise and Max Lilienthal, believed that they could unite the majority of American Jews around moderate Reform. In the 1870s, after decades of effort, they succeeded, and they established
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The Hebrew Orient: Palestine in Jewish American Visual Culture, 1901-1938 by Jessica L. Carr (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Mira Katzburg-Yungman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Hebrew Orient: Palestine in Jewish American Visual Culture, 1901-1938 by Jessica L. Carr Mira Katzburg-Yungman (bio) The Hebrew Orient: Palestine in Jewish American Visual Culture, 1901-1938. By Jessica L. Carr. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2020. 299 pp. Jessica L. Carr's highly analytic book aims at understanding
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Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945-2020: Irreverent Remembrance by Jeffrey Demsky (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Phyllis Lassner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945-2020: Irreverent Remembrance by Jeffrey Demsky Phyllis Lassner (bio) Nazi and Holocaust Representations in Anglo-American Popular Culture, 1945-2020: Irreverent Remembrance. By Jeffrey Demsky. New York: Palgrave, 2021. xvi + 140 pp. In 2003, toward
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International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War by Jaclyn Granick (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Carole Fink
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War by Jaclyn Granick Carole Fink (bio) International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War. By Jaclyn Granick. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xiv + 404 pp. Jaclyn Granick's meticulous and compelling monograph is an important contribution
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To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah by Dvora Hacohen (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Shulamit Reinharz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah by Dvora Hacohen Shulamit Reinharz (bio) To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah. By Dvora Hacohen, translated from Hebrew by Shmuel Sermoneta Gertel. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021. 388 pp. Sitting on my
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Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical by Shaul Magid (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Michael E. Staub
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical by Shaul Magid Michael E. Staub (bio) Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical. By Shaul Magid. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. xiii + 280 pp. In his introduction to Meir Kahane, a "cultural
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Prologue to Annihilation: Ordinary American and British Jews Challenge the Third Reich by Stephen H. Norwood (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Tony Kushner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Prologue to Annihilation: Ordinary American and British Jews Challenge the Third Reich by Stephen H. Norwood Tony Kushner (bio) Prologue to Annihilation: Ordinary American and British Jews Challenge the Third Reich. By Stephen H. Norwood. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021. 347 pp. Most of the literature on the western
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Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World by Brian Ogren (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Andrew Porwancher
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World by Brian Ogren Andrew Porwancher (bio) Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World. By Brian Ogren. New York: New York University Press, 2021. xi + 313 pp. In the academic literature
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Experience Leonard Cohen (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Oren Kroll-Zeldin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Experience Leonard Cohen Oren Kroll-Zeldin (bio) Experience Leonard CohenContemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California 08 52021 01 22022 (Judy Chicago and George Fok exhibits) 08 52021 02 132022 (Candice Breitz and Marshall Trammell exhibits) https://www.thecjm.org/exhibitions/116 I use music as a teaching tool in
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Dara E. Goldman (1971–2022): Caribbean Studies, Latin American Studies, Jewish Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies American Jewish History Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Marilyn G. Miller
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Dara E. Goldman (1971–2022):Caribbean Studies, Latin American Studies, Jewish Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies Marilyn G. Miller (bio) Dara E. Goldman, associate professor in the department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and director of the Program in Jewish Studies and Culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Contributors American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors Zev Eleff is president of Gratz College and professor of American Jewish history. Geraldine Gudefin is a Golda Meir Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, and a fellow at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests
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"Should I go to other Rabbis … or should I go to court": Eastern European Jewish women and Marital Litigation, 1900–1920 American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Geraldine Gudefin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Should I go to other Rabbis … or should I go to court":Eastern European Jewish women and Marital Litigation, 1900–19201 Geraldine Gudefin (bio) In March 1906, a woman, signing as "the friendless woman of Lynn, Mass.," reached out to the Yiddish Forverts's advice columnist Abraham Cahan to decry her forced divorce, and the devastating
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The "Theoretical Jew" Versus the "Southern Jew": Black Perceptions of Jewish Whiteness in the Nineteenth-Century American South American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Jacob Morrow-Spitzer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The "Theoretical Jew" Versus the "Southern Jew":Black Perceptions of Jewish Whiteness in the Nineteenth-Century American South Jacob Morrow-Spitzer (bio) In the mid-1880s, women's suffragist and civil rights activist Orra Langhorne penned an oft-repeated comparison in the Virginia-based periodical Southern Workman: "The history of the
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"Weizmann to her was God": Dorothy Thompson's Journey to and from Zionism American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Walker Robins
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Weizmann to her was God":Dorothy Thompson's Journey to and from Zionism1 Walker Robins (bio) At a 1941 event at the Hotel Astor in New York City, Zionist statesman Chaim Weizmann took the stage before 2,500 guests to hail American columnist Dorothy Thompson as a "modern Deborah" and to thank her for her efforts on behalf of the Jewish
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The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution by Lila Corwin Berman (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Kathleen D. McCarthy
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution by Lila Corwin Berman Kathleen D. McCarthy (bio) The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution. By Lila Corwin Berman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. 280 pp. Lila Corwin Berman's
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Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps by Sarah Bunin Benor et al. (review) American Jewish History Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Adi Sherzer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps by Sarah Bunin Benor et al. Adi Sherzer (bio) Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps. By Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner & Sharon Avni. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. vii + 394 pp. Hebrew Infusion is an unconventional