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Jewish Studies February 1, 2017

A World Erased

A Grandson's Search for His Family's Holocaust Secrets

Noah Lederman

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Part detective story, part travelogue, Noah Lederman decided to write A World Erased: A Grandson's Search for his Family's Holocaust Secrets (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) to find answers to the …
Jewish Studies January 10, 2017

Confessions of the Shtetl

Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906

Ellie Schainker

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In Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906 (Stanford University Press, 2016), Ellie Schainker, the Arthur Blank Family Foundation Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies …
Jewish Studies December 19, 2016

Jewish Salonica

Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece

Devin Naar

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In Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece (Stanford University Press, 2016) Devin Naar delves deep into the archives to produce this intimate and exciting portrait of Salonica's …
Jewish Studies October 31, 2016

The Jews of Harlem

The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community

Jeffrey Gurock

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In The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community (New York University Press, 2016), Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva …
Jewish Studies October 14, 2016

We're In America Now

A Survivor's Stories

Fred Amram

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In this lively memoir, We're In America Now: A Survivor's Stories (Holy Cow! Press, 2016), Fred Amram offers a series of stories documenting his childhood in 1930s Germany through his …
Jewish Studies September 19, 2016

Extraterritorial Dreams

European Citizenship, Sephardi Jews, and the Ottoman Twentieth Century

Sarah Abrevaya Stein

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Sarah Abrevaya Stein's rich new book, Extraterritorial Dreams: European Citizenship, Sephardi Jews, and the Ottoman Twentieth Century (University of Chicago Press, 2016) takes readers on a global journey in search …
Jewish Studies July 12, 2016

The Age of Secrecy

Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800

Daniel Jutte

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In his expansive The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800 (Yale University Press, 2015), Daniel Jutte suggests new ways of understanding the scientific revolution of …
Jewish Studies May 31, 2016

Hanukkah in America

A History

Dianne Ashton

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In Hanukkah in America: A History (New York University Press, 2013), Dianne Ashton, professor of Religion Studies at Rowan University, delves into the history of Hanukkah in the United States …
Jewish Studies May 23, 2016

Leaving the Jewish Fold

Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History

Todd Endelman

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In Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History (Princeton University Press, 2015), Todd Endelman looks across three centuries and on both sides of the Atlantic …
Jewish Studies May 12, 2016

Becoming Un-Orthodox

Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews

Lynn Rita Davidman

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In Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews (Oxford University Press, 2015), Lynn Davidman, Robert M. Beren Distinguished Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the University of Kansas, utilizes interviews with …
Jewish Studies April 21, 2016

Kosher USA

How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food

Roger Horowitz

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In Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food (Columbia University Press, 2016), Roger Horowitz, director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and …
Jewish Studies March 24, 2016

How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?

Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs

Tahneer Oksman

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In "How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?": Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs (Columbia University Press, 2016), Tahneer Oksman explores the graphic memoirs of seven …