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Detail of a photograph in an exhibit on Jewish writers at the Center for Jewish History.

These essays were written by Dr. Kenneth Libo Ph.D and Michael Skakun, and were made possible by a generous grant from the Smart Family Foundation.

Essay List

The Making of the US Army Survivors' Talmud
The Dawn of the Yiddish Press
Nahum Goldmann: Honorary World Citizen
Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism
Southern Jewish Life: The Life and Times of Southern Jewry
All That Glitters is not Goldwyn: Early Hollywood Moguls
Gomez Mill House: the Oldest Jewish Homestead in America
Greek Jewry: At the Crossroads of History
They Came From Recife: the First Jews to Settle in America 1654
The Rosenberg Spy Story: the Politics of Repentance
Abraham Sutzkever at 90: Yiddish Poet Extraordinaire
Out of the Ashes: the Return of Jews to Germany
Shabbetai Zevi: the Lost Messiah
Gisela Blume: Fuerth's Keeper of the Flame
Thomas Jefferson's Letter on Religious Freedom
Clash of the Titans: Stephen S. Wise vs. Abba Hillel Silver
Clash of the Titans: Stephen S. Wise vs. Abba Hillel Silver Pt. 2
Clash of the Titans: Stephen S. Wise vs. Abba Hillel Silver Pt. 3: The War Years
Clash of the Titans: Stephen S. Wise vs. Abba Hillel Silver Pt. 4: Selling Israel to America
YIVO & the Greening of Yiddish Consciousness Pt. 1: Birth & Survival
YIVO and the Greening of Yiddish Consciousness: P.t Two: the World of Landsmanshaftn
The Persecution of Creativity: Jews, Music and Vienna
Gustav Mahler and the Art of Alienation
Fulfilling The American Dream: The History Of The Loebs From Colonial Days To The Present
A Lady Called Peter: The Life And Times Of Francis Lehman Loeb
The Life And Times Of Frances “Peter” Loeb: Lewisohn And Lehman Domains
The Jewish American Writer – A Coat Of Many Colors
Joseph Roth: Ashes and Diamonds
Ben-Zion: In Search of the Eternal
The Educational Alliance: Beacon Of Light For An Immigrant Community
The Educational Alliance: New York’s Habitat For Humanity
American Jewry: In The Beginning
Abigail Levy Franks: Colonial Jewish Matriarch
The Industrial Removal Office: German Jewry’s Response To An Overcrowded Lower East Side
Ruth Hendricks Schulson: Jewish American Continuity in the Making
A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry
Louis Borgenicht: King of the Children’s Dress Trade
Two Outstanding Figures of the Garment Industry: Rose Schneiderman and Nettie Rosenstein