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The Era of the Jewish Gun Club
Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.

Alarmed by rising antisemitism, there is a growing trend of Jews who are considering what might have been unthinkable just a few years ago—bearing arms.
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All Are Welcome at the Park Slope Food Coop, Except Zionists
A former member recalls how the Coop felt like a small town where people wanted to help one another, until an anti-Israel agenda upended the store’s guiding principles.

A former member recalls how the Coop felt like a small town where people wanted to help one another, until an anti-Israel agenda upended the
A Snapshot of the Sephardic American Experience
Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.

Ashkenazi stories have long dominated the American Jewish narrative. Now, a landmark study is bringing the Sephardic and Mizrahi experience into sharper focus.
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Southern Jewry’s Complicated Story
An adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.

An adapted excerpt from ‘The Jewish South’ explores the complicated history of migrant Jews who flourished within a slaveholding society.
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Compromise and Hard Choices for Jews in America
From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to be fully Jewish?

From the nation’s founding to the present, generations of Jews have wrestled with the same question: How do you become fully American without ceasing to

Book Clubs, Where Members Are on the Same Page

Never before have book clubs—including Jewish groups with members of all ages—been as prevalent and eclectic as they are today.

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An Encyclopedic Memory of the Holocaust

by Hilary Danailova

The first two volumes of "Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945" are newly published online in PDF form.

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HBI, a Pioneer in Gender Studies

by Hilary Danailova

Based at Brandeis University, the Hadassah-inspired institute is celebrating its 20th anniversary as the world's first research center dedicated to Jews and gender.