Southern California Postcards, 1904 – 1907 Source These historic postcards were donated to the museum by Sara Borczuk Applebaum. Jonathan Friedmann is curator for this Southern California Postcards exhibit.
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Read more →JUDAISM’S ENCOUNTER WITH AMERICAN SPORTS, by Jeffrey S. Gurock. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Illustrations, Notes, Index. Cloth, $29.95. The title of this book may inadvertently suggest a broader focus than it actually provides. What it is not is a celebratory account of famous Jewish
Read more →THE JEWISH JESUS: Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation, edited by Zev Garber. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2011. 405 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Annotated Bibliography, Index. Paper, $59.95. Zev Garber, editor of this important anthology, offers essays by nineteen Jewish and non-Jewish scholars in a collaborative work examining the life,
Read more →ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HISTORY OF JEWISH MUSIC: Biographies of Composers, Lyricists, Singers, Big Swing Band Leaders, Israeli and Jewish Bands, and Musicians, by Harvey Sheldon. Self-published, 2009. 815 pp. Papers, $31.57. A reader might expect that a book with the title Encyclopedia of the History of Jewish
Read more →AMERICA’S PIONEER JEWISH CONGREGATIONS: Architecture, Community, and History, by Julian H. Preisler. Fonthill Media Limited, 2017. 144 pp. Illustrations. Softbound, $22.99. Arranged alphabetically by state and including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, this book takes the reader on a tour of pioneer synagogues with photographs
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