Reference Publications
- American Jewish History
- A scholarly journal covering Jewish life in the United States. Feature articles are accessible to both academics and general readers. This is the official journal of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS).
Most Recent Articles from American Jewish History 
Inside A Class Action: the Holocaust and the Swiss Banks
Inside A Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks. By Jane Schapiro. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, 2003....
6/1/03 by Michael MacQueen · More from publicationThe question of music in American Judaism: reflections at 350 years *
Clamorous debates over music have been a feature of American Judaism since at least the beginning of the nineteenth century. Indeed, questions...
6/1/03 by Jonathan D. Sarna · More from publicationEnforcement of the Sunday closing laws on the lower east side, 1882-1903.
On Sunday, December 3, 1882, a day described by the New York Times as one "long to be remembered in the history of this City," (1) New York's finest...
6/1/03 by Batya Miller · More from publicationEntertaining America; Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting
Entertaining America; Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting. By J. Hoberman and Jeffrey Shandler. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. 334 PP....
6/1/03 by Ari Kelman · More from publicationMaking the Bible Modern: Children's Bibles and Jewish Education in Twentieth-Century America
Making the Bible Modern: Children's Bibles and Jewish Education in twentieth-Century America. By Penny Schine Gold. Ithaca: Cornell University Press,...
6/1/03 by Jonathan Krasner · More from publicationNineteenth-century Caribbean circumcisions: an analysis of the journal of births and circumcisions performed by Moises Frois Ricardo.
During April and May of 2002, a journal of circumcisions performed by Moises Frois Ricardo, a Sephardic Jew, was displayed in an exhibit sponsored by...
6/1/03 by Josette Capriles Goldish · More from publication
