Modern Jewish History

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

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

An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon

A particularly prolific, influential group of American-Jewish writers and editors.

The Jewish impact on American intellectual culture.

Twenty-three refugees from Brazil established the first Jewish community in the future U.S.

An excerpt from the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

The United Nations responds to Israel's territorial gains in the Six Day War.

The Yom Kippur War led to a fragile but lasting peace between Israel and Egypt.

An excerpt from "The Jewish State"

The Jewish home takes center stage.

When tolerance became profitable