Jewish History

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

Jewish education in America, from colonial times to today

Reconciling American identity with support for a Jewish homeland

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

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

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.

When the Rosenbergs were charged with spying, American Jews feared an anti-Semitic backlash.

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