Evergreen
How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America
Proximity to the popular Christian holiday caused Hanukkah to take on a new significance.
1950s America: A ‘Golden Age’ for Jews
After World War II, Judaism thrived in America, and the country awarded its Jews insider status.
Jewish Vacations: The Catskills
A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.
The Lower East Side of New York City
On the Jewish Plymouth Rock of New York's Lower East Side, Jewish immigrants began their new lives.
The First New York Jews
Twenty-three refugees from Brazil established the first Jewish community in the future U.S.
The Lynching of Leo Frank
Falsely accused of murdering a girl, a Jewish man was killed by a white mob in Georgia in 1915.
Havurah Judaism
The havurah movement and The Jewish Catalog blended Judaism with the 1960s counterculture.
Finding Acceptance in the New World
Encouraging signs that the nascent U.S. would welcome Jews
Freedom: The Promise And The Challenge
"Freedom to observe, freedom to neglect," in the words of one 19th-century rabbi
Jewish Spiritual Crisis
In America around the turn of the 20th century, Jews had the freedom to not observe religion and rabbis were scarce.