Jewish Studies

The history of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee from its origins in 1914 through its first century.

Jewish life through the legends created and narrated in Safed in the sixteenth century.

Exploration of ethnic identity and community building through stories of contemporary Latino Jews.

An exploration of the temporal function that "the Jew" plays in literature.

The story of a doctor’s family torn apart by Soviet politics, persecution, and the Jewish struggle for freedom during the Cold War.

Biography of a Jewish doctor who survived and triumphed over the horrors of the Holocaust.

The study of the evolution of normative Judaism from the time of Ezra (ca. 400 B.C.) to Judah I, the Prince (ca. 200 A.D.).

A sophisticated analysis of how the Zionist understanding of the Holocaust shaped the development of American Jewish policies and political activism.

A study of the first Jewish magazine to explore ethnic identity in early twentieth-century Germany.