American Jews

The changing role of the pulpit rabbi in America.

Immigrant Jews delved into sports to prove their mettle as Americans.

American Jews and the making of the movie industry.

Public health activist and champion of minority rights.

An all-too forgotten historical debate

A renewed influx of Sephardic immigrants around the turn of the 20th century.

A Bavarian influx changed the face of American Jewry in the mid 19th century.

The Civil War hero expelled Jews from three states until Lincoln made him rescind the order.

Encouraging signs that the nascent U.S. would welcome Jews

Despite the Jewish dominance of Hollywood, Jewish filmmakers were not always comfortable portraying Jewish themes on screen.

Jews had a hand in writing nearly all the great musicals of the 1930s and '40s.