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Rebecca Gratz

The woman who created the American-style Hebrew school demonstrated that one could be fully Jewish and fully American.

The American Jewish Committee

The first American Jewish organization to fight for the civil rights of Jews--and everyone--at home and abroad

History of Jewish Schooling in America

Jewish education in America, from colonial times to today

American Zionism Finds Its Voice

Reconciling American identity with support for a Jewish homeland

Seven Reasons For Sukkah Sitting

Diverse sources on why we eat and sleep in the sukkah

Psalm 23: A New Translation

What if there is no valley of the shadow of death?

Jewish New York: The Early Years

Challenges and triumphs since 23 Jews landed in New Amsterdam in 1654.

Charleston Jews

Tensions and schism's in one of America's first large Jewish communities

Jews in Suburbia

After World War II, American Jews left the cities for the burgeoning suburbs.

Brandeis University and the Jews

Brandeis rose quickly to academic excellence, but the nature of its Jewish character remains ambiguous.

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