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Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews and the Civil War

December 15, 2025

In 1860, there were 150,000 Jews living in the United States. How did this small minority, mostly recent immigrants, react to the fierce national debate over slavery? During his virtual …

The Art Spy: A Conversation with Author Michelle Young

November 11, 2025

In The Art Spy, Michelle Young tells the thrilling, true story of Rose Valland, a World War II French resistance hero. When the Germans occupied Paris in 1940, they made …

Amer­i­can Mac­cabee: Theodore Roo­sevelt and the Jews

August 27, 2025

A wealthy, Protestant, powerful member of the American elite, Teddy Roosevelt was an unlikely friend to struggling Jewish immigrants. Yet across the span of his public career, Roosevelt was closely …