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  • A Cold War Exodus

    How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews

    by Shaul Kelner ...
    Finalist, 2026 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature: NonfictionWinner of The 74th National Jewish Book Award: American Jewish Studies Celebrate 350 AwardReveals the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews and reshaped the Jewish American experience from the Johnson era through the Reagan–Bush yearsWhat do these thin... ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community

    This volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland’s twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an often turbulent century, the Jews of Cleveland had both deep ties in the region and an evolving and dynamic commitment to Jewish life. The authors present the views and actions of community leaders and everyday Jews who embodied that commitment in their religious ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Tours That Bind

    Diaspora, Pilgrimage, and Israeli Birthright Tourism

    by Shaul Kelner ...
    Winner, 2010 Association for Jewish Studies Jordan Schnitzer Book Award2011 Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association Culture Section's Mary Douglas Prize for Best BookSince 1999 hundreds of thousands of young American Jews have visited Israel on an all-expense-paid 10-day pilgrimage-tour known as Birthright Israel. The most elaborate of the state-supported homeland tours that ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    A Cold War Exodus

    How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews

    by Shaul Kelner ...
    Narrated by Shaul Kelner, David Richman ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 8 min

    Winner of The 74th National Jewish Book Award: American Jewish Studies Celebrate 350 AwardReveals the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews and reshaped the Jewish American experience from the Johnson era through the Reagan–Bush yearsWhat do these things have in common? Ingrid Bergman, Passover matzoh, Banana Republic®, the fitness craze, the Philadelphia Flyers, B-grade spy ... Read more

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    by Rod Dreher ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity ... Read more

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  • Jews Don’t Count

    by David Baddiel ...
    A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY‘A must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do’ SARAH SILVERMAN‘A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRYHow identity politics failed one particular identity.Jews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against ... ... Read more

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  • Safety through Solidarity

    A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism

    Series series Activist Citizens Library
    Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we do about antisemitism?Antisemitism is on the rise today. From synagogue shootings by white nationalists, to right-wing politicians and media figures pushing George Soros conspiracy theories, it’s clear that exclusionary nationalist movements are growing. By spreading division and fear, they ... Read more

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  • The Holocaust In American Life

    by Peter Novick ...
    This "courageous and thought-provoking book" examines how the Holocaust came to hold its unique place in American memory ( Foreign Affairs).Prize–winning historian Peter Novick explores in absorbing detail the decisions that moved the Holocaust to the center of American life. He illuminates how Jewish leaders invoked its memory to muster support for Israel, and how politicians in turn used it to ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bad Jews

    A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

    by Emily Tamkin ...
    A journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America and explores their ever-evolving relationship to the nation’s culture and identity—and each other.What does it mean to be a Bad Jew?Many Jews use the term “Bad Jew” as a weapon against other members of the community or even against themselves. You can be called a Bad Jew if you don’t keep kosher; if ... Read more

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  • Woke Antisemitism

    How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews

    “David Bernstein has written an important book which deserves to be read widely and be thoroughly discussed in our community. This book is a powerful defense of liberal values….Bernstein’s treatment is nuanced and respectful, showing understanding for the goals even as he critiques the methods of woke culture and shows us cases where it leads to antisemitism.”–Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, American ... Read more

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  • Holocaust Survivors in Canada

    Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955

    Series Book 14 - Studies in Immigration and Culture
    In the decade after the Second World War, 35,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution and their dependants arrived in Canada. This was a watershed moment in Canadian Jewish history. The unprecedented scale of the relief effort required for the survivors, compounded by their unique social, psychological, and emotional needs challenged both the established Jewish community and resettlement agents ... Read more

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  • Jews & Money

    The Story of a Stereotype

    In the wake of Bernie Madoff's ruinous investment schemes, Abe Foxman takes a cultural and political look at the many variations throughout history of the assumptions made about Jews and money. These include Jews as greedy global capitalists; Jews as wealthy secret communists; Jews as cheapskates; and Jews controlling the media with their money to unduly influence society. Foxman makes the case ... Read more

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