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When Etrogim Grew on Trees – The Etrog in America

Jonathan D. Sarna and Zev Eleff

Given the choice of European, Caribbean, or Californian etrogim, American Jews opted for neither the most familiar option nor the most convenient nor even the cheapest. Their chosen etrog stood for an ideal Jonathan D. Sarna and Zev Eleff

Flesh-and-Blood Artist – Chaim Soutine

Susan Nashman Fraiman

Like other Jewish artists drawn to the bright lights of prewar Paris, Chaim Soutine was seeking his destiny, not his fortune. Nevertheless, it was the everyday struggle to survive that marked both his work and his soul – in bold strokes tha

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

Lessons from History – One Minute to Midnight

Tova Fish-Rosenberg

An innovative Holocaust education program teaches students to create not just oral history but an intergenerational dialogue passing on the Jewish people’s story and values Tova Fish-Rosenberg Seventeen years ago, as a day schoo

Columns

Quick looks at books

Elka Weber

Dissolving the Ghetto | Turning the Page | Redefining Emancipation | Bitter Reckoning Elka Weber Dissolving the GhettoGhetto: The History of a Word Daniel B.

Portrait of a People | Touring the Land

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Tiberias, View from the Walls withSafed in the DistanceChalk on paperTiberias, 1839 David

Portrait of a People | Just Visiting

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Jews Mourning in a SynagogueOil on canvas127 x 115 cmLondon, 1906Tate Gallery, London Sir