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American Jews, Denominations, Jewish History, Live, Study
A Short History of Orthodox Judaism in America
A history from colonial times to World War II.
Modern Israel, Women & Feminism
Mizrahi Feminism in Israel
Mizrahi feminism is often described as an intersectional feminism that focuses mainly on the struggle against gender and ethnic oppression.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature
Jewish-American Fiction in the 21st Century
Vibrancy and diversity mark the new crop of novelists and story writers.
Future of Jewish Humor
Can Jewish-American humor survive the assimilationist 21st century?
What’s Jewish About “The Simpsons”?
Jews & Judaism pervade this classic animated sitcom and its fictional town of Springfield.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Film, Live
Woody Allen
Love him or despise him, Woody Allen is an American-Jewish filmmaking legend.
The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony
The different layers of the rabbinic discussion of conversion reveal the beginnings of a transformation from a citizenship ritual to a theological initiation rite.
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
A Failed Peddler
An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Smart Jews
The Jewish impact on American intellectual culture.
American Jews, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Jewish Immigration to America
The size and character of the American Jewish community has been defined by the 3.5 million Jews who have emigrated since the 17th century.