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Issue 57 | June 2021

Articles

The Furthest Refuge – America’s First Jews

Aliza Moreno-Goldschmidt

The expulsion of Spain’s Jews coincided with its discovery of America, with profound consequences for North America’s first Jewish communities. On Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and converso Jews’ first steps in the New World Aliza Moreno-Goldschmi

Lady Liberty’s Jewish Voice – Emma Lazarus

Shira Wolosky

The first to boldly associate the Statue of Liberty with welcoming refugees, Emma Lazarus was also arguably the first public voice of American Zionism. Her work raises questions of identity we still struggle with today Shira Wolosky

HIAS’ Helping Hand – The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

Gur Alroey

For much of the 20th century, the vast majority of the Jewish people was homeless. Jews were constantly on the move, sometimes in search of a living, sometimes just to survive. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society was always there for them, and

Mission Unaccomplished – Leopold Cohn

Menachem Keren-Kratz

Though Leopold Cohn encouraged Jews to convert to Christianity, he urged them to retain their Jewish identity as well. Helping Jewish immigrants and fighting anti-Semitism stayed high on his agenda – and remain so for the many Christian org

Making Jews Count – Jewish Demographics

Michelle Shain

Where is the critical mass of the Jewish people, and why does it matter? How do different perceptions of Jewishness affect the count? Disputing Jewish population estimates for Israel and the United States Michelle Shain Which co

Columns

Portrait of a People | Hope in the Concrete Jungle

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Cliff DwellersOil on canvas102 x 107 cm1913Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Geor