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Adolfo Kaminsky The Forger of Paris

Authorized Biography. New and Expanded Edition

by Sarah Kaminsky, Deborah Dash Moore, Paul Salmona ...

Translated by Mike Mitchell ...

As seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and in the Emmy-award-winning New York Times documentary, the gripping true story of a Jewish teenager who became "The Forger of Paris" for the French Resistance.The Forger of Paris presents Adolfo Kaminsky’s biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris ... Read more

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As seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and in the Emmy-award-winning New York Times documentary, the gripping true story of a Jewish teenager who became "The Forger of Paris" for the French Resistance.The Forger of Paris presents Adolfo Kaminsky’s biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris
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The Future of American Jewish Pasts

Edited by Lila Corwin Berman, Deborah Dash Moore, Beth S. Wenger ...

Series series Jewish Culture and Contexts
Leading scholars of American Jewish experience offer bold historical interpretations that reimagine American Jewish studiesThe Future of American Jewish Pasts boldly imagines the next chapters in the study of American Jewish life. Conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and completed just before the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war, this innovative volume gathers leading ... Read more

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Leading scholars of American Jewish experience offer bold historical interpretations that reimagine American Jewish studiesThe Future of American Jewish Pasts boldly imagines the next chapters in the study of American Jewish life. Conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and completed just before the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing war, this innovative volume gathers leading
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American Jewish Identity Politics

by Prof. Deborah Dash Moore ...

"Displays the full range of informed, thoughtful opinion on the place of Jews in the American politics of identity."---David A. Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, University of California, Berkeley"A fascinating anthology whose essays crystallize the most salient features of American Jewish life in the second half of the twentieth century."---Beth S. Wenger, Katz Family ... Read more

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"Displays the full range of informed, thoughtful opinion on the place of Jews in the American politics of identity."---David A. Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, University of California, Berkeley"A fascinating anthology whose essays crystallize the most salient features of American Jewish life in the second half of the twentieth century."---Beth S. Wenger, Katz Family
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Jewish New York

The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

by Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Annie Polland, Howard B. Rock, Daniel Soyer ...

The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the cityJewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city’s most important ethnic and religious groups.Jewish immigrants changed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation’s publishing industry and ... Read more

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The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the cityJewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city’s most important ethnic and religious groups.Jewish immigrants changed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation’s publishing industry and
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To the Golden Cities

by Deborah Dash Moore ...

The first great modern migration of Jewish people from the Old World to America has been often and expertly chronicled, but until now the second great wave of Jewish migration has been overlooked. After World War II, spurred by a postwar economic boom, American Jews sought new beginnings in the nation’s South and West. Thousands abandoned their previous homes in the urban, industrial centers of ... Read more

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The first great modern migration of Jewish people from the Old World to America has been often and expertly chronicled, but until now the second great wave of Jewish migration has been overlooked. After World War II, spurred by a postwar economic boom, American Jews sought new beginnings in the nation’s South and West. Thousands abandoned their previous homes in the urban, industrial centers of
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Divergent Jewish Cultures

Israel and America

Edited by Professor Deborah Dash Moore, S. Ilan Troen ...

Series series Studies in Jewish Culture and Society
Two creative centers of Jewish life rose to prominence in the twentieth century, one in Israel and the other in the United States. Although Israeli and American Jews share kinship and history drawn from their Eastern European roots, they have developed divergent cultures from their common origins, often seeming more like distant cousins than close relatives. This book explores why this is so, ... Read more

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Two creative centers of Jewish life rose to prominence in the twentieth century, one in Israel and the other in the United States. Although Israeli and American Jews share kinship and history drawn from their Eastern European roots, they have developed divergent cultures from their common origins, often seeming more like distant cousins than close relatives. This book explores why this is so,
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Ethnic Historians and the Mainstream

Shaping America's Immigration Story

by Alan M. Kraut, David A. Gerber, Virginia Yans, Deborah Dash Moore, John Bodnar, Barbara M. Posadas, Dominic A. Pacyga, Timothy J. Meagher, Judy Yung0, Eileen H. Tamura1, María Cristina Garcia2, Violet M. Showers Johnson3, Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp4 ...

Do historians “write their biographies” with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research and writing as scholars. These authors, historians of American immigration and ethnicity, revisited ... Read more

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Do historians “write their biographies” with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research and writing as scholars. These authors, historians of American immigration and ethnicity, revisited
... Read more
Taking Stock

Cultures of Enumeration in Contemporary Jewish Life

by Josh Friedman, Carol A. Kidron, Oren Stier, Yael Zerubavel, Mitchell B. Hart, Anat Leibler, Vanessa L. Ochs ...

Series series The Modern Jewish Experience
Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation—whether discussing the Holocaust or counting the numbers of Israeli and American Jews—these essays reveal a social life of Jewish numbers. As they trace ... Read more

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Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation—whether discussing the Holocaust or counting the numbers of Israeli and American Jews—these essays reveal a social life of Jewish numbers. As they trace
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Vernacular Religion

Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano

Edited by Deborah Dash Moore ...

Series series North American Religions
Finalist, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Analytical-Descriptive Studies, given by the American Academy of ReligionA comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studiesIn 1995, Leonard Norman Primiano introduced the idea of “vernacular religion.” He coined this term to overcome the denigration implied in the ... Read more

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Finalist, Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Analytical-Descriptive Studies, given by the American Academy of ReligionA comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studiesIn 1995, Leonard Norman Primiano introduced the idea of “vernacular religion.” He coined this term to overcome the denigration implied in the
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City of Promises

A History of the Jews of New York, 3-volume box set

by Howard B. Rock, Deborah Dash Moore, Annie Polland, Daniel Soyer, Diana L. Linden, Jeffrey S. Gurock ...

Series Book 3 - City of Promises
Winner of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award, presented by the National Jewish Book CouncilNew York Jews, so visible and integral to the culture, economy and politics of America’s greatest city, has eluded the grasp of historians for decades. Surprisingly, no comprehensive history of New York Jews has ever been written. City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, a three volume set of ... Read more

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Winner of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award, presented by the National Jewish Book CouncilNew York Jews, so visible and integral to the culture, economy and politics of America’s greatest city, has eluded the grasp of historians for decades. Surprisingly, no comprehensive history of New York Jews has ever been written. City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, a three volume set of
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Urban Origins of American Judaism

by Deborah Dash Moore ...

Series Book 6 - George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History
The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice. Deborah Dash Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of urban living for American Jews across three centuries. Looking at synagogues, streets, and snapshots ... Read more

$35.09 USD

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice. Deborah Dash Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of urban living for American Jews across three centuries. Looking at synagogues, streets, and snapshots
... Read more
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Jewish New York

The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

by Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Annie Polland, Howard B. Rock, Daniel Soyer ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

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The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the city Based on the acclaimed multi-volume series, "City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York," Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, Jewish New York traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent ... Read more

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The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the city Based on the acclaimed multi-volume series, "City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York," Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, Jewish New York traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent
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