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From the Archives | Not Crying for Argentina

Denise Rein

Which Syrian Jews begging to resettle in Argentina intended to stay there, and which just wanted out of Syria? The answers lie in the welfare organizations’ archives Denise Rein The mass Jewish emigration from Russia...

20th centuryAmericaColumnsIssue 45 | November 2018

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

Elka Weber

Was Abraham Lincoln’s attitude to Jews just an extension of his genuine affection for all men, regardless of race or creed, or did it reflect a special regard for the people of the book? Marking...

19th centuryAmericaBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

Akiva Zimmerman

Arthur Szyk fought valiantly as an officer in the Ukrainian army, but in defense of his own people, his most potent weapon was his brush. His cartoons assailed his enemies, while his patriotism found expression...

20th centuryAmericaArticlesArtistsIssue 10 | April 2012

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Jonathan D. Sarna

What prompted a century of American Jews to omit the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the conclusion of their Seder? The aspirations and declarations replacing it speak volumes about American Jewish loyalties, priorities, and...

19th centuryAmericaArticlesIssue 64 | March 2023Jewish CommunitiesPesach

Were American Indians the Ten Lost Tribes

Yoav Sorek

Back to the article The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel The idea that the American Indians were the Ten Lost Tribes was the natural result of the extrapolation of concepts entrenched in the...

AmericaEarly modern periodIssue 1 | April 2010

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

Ari Ktorza

The cultural meld of Jews and blacks working together in show business gave rise to a new style of American music. Captivated by black sounds and rhythms, composer George Gershwin interwove classical motifs and popular...

20th centuryAmericaArticlesArtistsIssue 45 | November 2018Literature and Culture

From the Archives | A Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Letter

Hadassah Assouline

From the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe to his wife, written in America in the late 1920s Hadassah Assouline Sunday, 6 Iyar, on a train from Detroit to St. Louis To my dear wife, With gratitude to...

20th centuryAmericaColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010People

The Jewish American Secret Police

Hadassah Assouline

A Jewish community organization in New York dealt with myriad issues, even creating an internal police force to deal with rising crime Hadassah Assouline In early September 1908, the chief of the New York City...

20th centuryAmerican JewsColumnsIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPeople

Gefilte Jazz

Ari Ktorza

Migrant Melodies Though American music has long been defined in terms of black or white, depending on its community of origin, there are also shades of gray. Nineteenth-century Irish composers gave American popular music lilt,...

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New York – A Community in Flux

שרה ג´ו בן צבי

Upward and Outward Like most immigrant groups, New York’s Jewish population started small. Growing exponentially, it soon formed the most significant minority in the city. The Jewish population peaked in the 1920s, when almost thirty...

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Blackface Minstrel Shows

Amit Assis

Jim Crow Before the advent of mass media, when movies and television were still unimaginable, vaudeville was the most widespread public entertainment, especially for middle- and working-class whites in the U.S. Traveling shows featured dance...

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From the Archives | Not Crying for Argentina

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Were American Indians the Ten Lost Tribes

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

From the Archives | A Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Letter

The Jewish American Secret Police

Gefilte Jazz

New York – A Community in Flux

Blackface Minstrel Shows

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From the Archives | Not Crying for Argentina

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Were American Indians the Ten Lost Tribes

George Gershwin – Gefilte Jazz

From the Archives | A Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Letter

The Jewish American Secret Police

Gefilte Jazz

New York – A Community in Flux

Blackface Minstrel Shows

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