New Jewish Books
Offers the provocative argument that Jews had long celebrated Christmas in the “Old World“ This book seeks to answer a perplexing question: Why were Christmas traditions once transmitted in Yiddish, a language exclusive to...
American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism The rise of moderate Orthodox Judaism in Israel and the key role of Americans in its emergence The conservative ultra-Orthodox and redemptive “Kook” camps hold sway...
Corrects the record on how Yiddish media portrayed African Americans Understandings of Black-Jewish relations have been notable for the near consensus among scholars that the Yiddish press repeatedly condemned discrimination and prejudice against African...
An overview of the new American Jewish landscape American Jewry is currently experiencing conspicuous and dramatic change. While Jews first came to America almost 400 years ago, the turn of the twentieth century saw...
A History: Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life, 1917–1930, Volume 1 Chronicles the encounter of one of the largest Jewish communities in the world with war, revolution, and Soviet power from 1917...
The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America’s First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian Before Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was the comedienne who started it all First Lady of Laughs tells the story of Jean Carroll, the...
Examines how young Jewish Americans’ fundamentally Jewish values have led them to organize in solidarity with Palestinians Unsettled digs into the experiences of young Jewish Americans who engage with the Palestine solidarity movement and challenge...
A compelling look at the lives of ultra-Orthodox and formerly ultra-Orthodox Jewish women and their use of media technologies to create a new market for music and film Mainstream portrayals of ultra-Orthodox religious women...
Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Examines how Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in a complex society. The story of America is the story of the unlikely groups of immigrants brought together...
Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History An overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States Jews Across the Americas is a groundbreaking...
