Documenting American
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Hebrew and American Jews

By Sharon Avni, City University of New York

Jewish Women Make History

By Judith Rosenbaum

CEO, Jewish Women’s Archive

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—A letter from Director Ari Y. Kelman

Antisemitism’s Perpetual Star Turn

By Ari Y. Kelman

Surfacing the Latin-Jewish Community

by Analucía Lopezrevoredo, Jewtina y Co.

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—Matthew Boxer, Brandeis University

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Hebrew and American Jews

Jewish Women Make History

By Judith Rosenbaum

Welcome to the Berman Archive

By Ari Y. Kelman

Antisemitism’s Perpetual Star Turn

By Ari Y. Kelman

Surfacing the Latin-Jewish Community

By Analucía Lopezrevoredo

Bittersweet Fugitive Literature

By Matthew Boxer

Meet Bill Berman

By Berman Archive Team

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