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February 1, 2017
A World Erased
Part detective story, part travelogue, Noah Lederman decided to write A World Erased: A Grandson's Search for his Family's Holocaust Secrets (Rowman a…
January 10, 2017
Confessions of the Shtetl
In Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906 (Stanford University Press, 2016), Ellie Schainker, the Arthur Blank…
December 19, 2016
Jewish Salonica
In Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece (Stanford University Press, 2016) Devin Naar delves deep into the archives to produce…
October 31, 2016
The Jews of Harlem
In The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community (New York University Press, 2016), Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Prof…
October 14, 2016
We're In America Now
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 child…
September 19, 2016
Extraterritorial Dreams
Sarah Abrevaya Stein's rich new book, Extraterritorial Dreams: European Citizenship, Sephardi Jews, and the Ottoman Twentieth Century (University of C…
July 12, 2016
The Age of Secrecy
In his expansive The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400-1800 (Yale University Press, 2015), Daniel Jutte suggests new …
May 31, 2016
Hanukkah in America
In Hanukkah in America: A History (New York University Press, 2013), Dianne Ashton, professor of Religion Studies at Rowan University, delves into the…
May 23, 2016
Leaving the Jewish Fold
In Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History (Princeton University Press, 2015), Todd Endelman looks acros…
May 12, 2016
Becoming Un-Orthodox
In Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews (Oxford University Press, 2015), Lynn Davidman, Robert M. Beren Distinguished Professor of Modern …
April 21, 2016
Kosher USA
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…
March 24, 2016
How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?
In "How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?": Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs (Columbia University Press, 2016), Tah…