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“I Heard These Stories Differently”: Interviewing Mira

Rachelle Unreich

July 1, 2024

Cover of Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

Mike Rothschild

Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

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Declassified: The Women Using Math to Fight Back During WWII

Cambria Gordon

June 24, 2024

Cover of Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?

Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?

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Jewish War Brides: Heroes in History

Robin Judd

May 27, 2024

Cover of Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War

Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War

Jason K. Friedman

Cover of In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

Anastasios Karababas

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Simona Zaretsky

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Context and Challenge: Whose Promised Land?

S. Ilan Troen

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Excerpt: Unexpected Passages, 1940 – 1941

Rachel Scheer

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From Mandelstam to Mother Doll

Katya Apekina

April 30, 2024

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Exodus and American History: “The Promise of Liberty”

Stuart Halpern, Jacob Kupietzky

April 15, 2024

Cover of Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World

Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World

Cover of Laughing in Yiddish

Laughing in Yiddish

Cover of Write like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals

Write like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals

Ronnie A. Grinberg