American Jews
Anti-Semitism and American Jewish Identity
Even in periods when anti-Semitism was low, its persistence in Jewish memory and imagination continued to exert a formative influence on American Jewish identity.
Anti-Semitism in America
Prejudice against Jews has always existed in the United States, but American anti-Semitism differs from its European precursor in fundamental ways.
Who Is Dr. Ruth?
How a Jewish grandmother forever changed America's ideas of sexual education and literacy.
Jewish Gangsters: A Little Known Chapter in American Jewish History
The best known Jewish gangsters were Bugsy Siegel, Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, Longy Zwillman, Moe Dalitz, and Meyer Lansky.
George Washington’s Letter to Newport
Washington promises no sanction to bigotry, and no assistance to persecution.
Blood of Damascus
When several prominent Jews in Damascus were accused of using non-Jewish blood to make matzah, the Jews of the world banded together to fight back. American Jewry specifically experienced its first taste of successful, united action.