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1. 
Uses extensive data to show that everything we think we know about the voting behavior of American Jews is wrong.
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Uses extensive data to show that everything we think we know about the voting behavior of American Jews is wrong.
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Translation and the Making of Modern Hebrew Poetry
A compelling exploration of the relation between translation and writing in the development of modern Hebrew poetry
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Translation and the Making of Modern Hebrew Poetry
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The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy
Relates the untold story of a traveling Yiddish theater company and traces their far- reaching influence
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The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy
Relates the untold story of a traveling Yiddish theater company and traces their far- reaching influence
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The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy
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Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to Christians and Jews
A compelling consideration of Jerusalem during the formative period of Islamic civilization
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Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to Christians and Jews
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Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage
Shows how the earliest representations of Jewish characters on American stages mirrored treatment of Jewish Americans outside the playhouse
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Performing Jewish Identity on the Antebellum American Stage
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Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919–1933
Insightful look at the interactions between German and migrant Jewish writers and the creative spectrum of Jewish identity
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Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919–1933
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Ghosts in the Family Tree
Uses comparative narratives to explore the dualism between marginalization and the desire for roots within a rooted identity
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Ghosts in the Family Tree
Uses comparative narratives to explore the dualism between marginalization and the desire for roots within a rooted identity
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Ghosts in the Family Tree
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The Modern Jewish Picaresque
A fascinating study of the picaresque protagonists of Yiddish literature and their minority authors
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The Modern Jewish Picaresque
A fascinating study of the picaresque protagonists of Yiddish literature and their minority authors
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The Modern Jewish Picaresque
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Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen
Examines how notions of Jewishness have been conveyed in a range of television, stage, and film productions since the end of World War II
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