Items with the category: American Jewish Studies | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Living in Both Worlds: Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States, 1945–2025

Living in Both Worlds: Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States, 1945 – 2025

Lawrence Grossman

Cover of Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul

Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul

Jenna Weissman Joselit

Essay

Dear Diary: The Private Musings of Mordecai M. Kaplan

Jenna Weissman Joselit

March 16, 2026

Essay

A New Vision of Childhood: The Jewish Innovators Who Defined Toymaking in the US

Michael Kimmel

February 16, 2026

Cover of Fanny's Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week was Born

Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week was Born

Richard Michelson

Cover of Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life

Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life

Jack Wertheimer

Cover of Imagining Early American Jews

Imagining Early American Jews

Michael Hoberman

Cover of Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Antisemitism, an American Tradition

Pamela S. Nadell

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Jewtina y Co. Reading List: Latin Jewish Stories

Violeta Stolpen

October 13, 2025

Cover of Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia

Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia

Edward Berenson

Cover of The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade

The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade

Cover of Harry Altman: Buffalo's Master Showman: Glen Casino. Town Casino. One Man's Nightclub Empire

Harry Altman: Buffalo’s Master Showman: Glen Casino. Town Casino. One Man’s Nightclub Empire

Cover of Nathan Straus: From Macy's Magnate to International Humanitarian

Nathan Straus: From Macy’s Magnate to International Humanitarian

Cover of Politics & Pluralism: Essays on Democracy, Antisemitism, Power & Culture in an Age of Polarization

Politics & Pluralism: Essays on Democracy, Antisemitism, Power & Culture in an Age of Polarization

A. Brian Stoller

Cover of The American: The Hidden History of Daniel J. Boorstin and His Twentieth Century

The American: The Hidden History of Daniel J. Boorstin and His Twentieth Century

Cover of Undaunted