Tag search:United States - history

Zayda Was a Cowboy

by June Levitt Nislick
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, United States - history, Russia, tikkun olam - repairing the world, immigration and emigration, Texas, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
7058
Status
Available
Call number
J F NIS

Coming to Terms with America: Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture (A JPS Scholar of Distinction Book)

by Jonathan D. Sarna
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Judaism, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6847
Status
Available
Call number
973.04924 SAR

"Send for Haym Salomon!"

by Vick Knight, Jr.
Paperback, 1976
Tags
United States - history, biography, Haym Salomon, teen - young adult, ages 9-12
Collections
Teen Biography (grades 6-12), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6450
Status
Available
Call number
T B SAL

The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

by Daniela Weil
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
ages 6-8, ages 9-12, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, New York, United States - history
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6403
Status
Available
Call number
J F WEI

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6363
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

The War Within: A Novel of the Civil War

by Carol Matas
Paperback, 2002
Tags
ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, United States - Civil War, prejudice, Jews, United States, United States - history, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim — 7 more, anti-Semitism, family, historical fiction, interfaith relations, United States - South, sisters, slavery
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6334
Status
Available
Call number
J F MAT

Strangers & Natives: A Newspaper Narrative of Early Jewish America 1734 -1869

by Ron Rubin
Paperback, 2019
Tags
newspapers and media, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6353
Status
Available
Call number
973.04924 RUB

The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust

by Rafael Medoff
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
United States - history, Holocaust, World War II - United States
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6277
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 MED

Judah Touro Didn't Want to be Famous

by Audrey Ades
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
New Orleans, United States - history, biography, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6250
Status
Available
Call number
E B TOU

America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today

by Pamela Nadell
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
women, history - 20th century, history - 19th century, history - 18th century, feminism, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6232
Status
Available
Call number
305.48 NAD

The Jews in America: The Roots and Destiny of American Jews

by Max Dimont
Hardcover, 1979
Tags
history - 18th century, history - 19th century, history - 20th century, United States - history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6162
Status
Available
Call number
973.049 DIM

The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion

by Steven R. Weisman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5672
Status
Available
Call number
296.0973 WEI

This Is Just a Test

by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AR book - MG, Jews - identity, teens - teenagers, United States - history, teen - young adult, ages 9-12, Bar Mitzvah, humor, Sydney Taylor Honor Book
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5398
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHA

The Jewish Americans

by David Grubin
DVD, 2009
Tags
United States - history, Reform Judaism, New York, Yiddish theater
Collection
DVDs
Barcode
5394
Status
Available
Call number
DVD 973.04924 GRU

The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America

by Joyce Antler
Paperback, 1998
Tags
women, United States - history, biography
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5334
Status
Available
Call number
920.72 ANT

A Scapegoat in the New Wilderness: The Origins and Rise of Anti-Semitism in America

by Frederic Jaher
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
anti-Semitism, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5091
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 JAH

A History of the Jews in America

by Howard M. Sachar
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5009
Status
Available
Call number
973.04924 SAC

American Jewish Desk Reference: The Ultimate One-Volume Reference to the Jewish Experience in America

by Maryanne Wagner Editor
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
United States - history, encyclopedia
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4986
Status
Available
Call number
973.04924 WAG

America: The Jewish Experience

by Sondra Leiman
Paperback, 1994
Tags
United States - history, immigration and emigration
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4974
Status
Available
Call number
T 973.04924 LEI

Abandonment Of The Jews

by David S. Wyman
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Holocaust, immigration and emigration, Holocaust - refugees, United States - history, World War II - United States
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Series
America and the Holocaust
Barcode
4912
Status
Available
Call number
940.5315 WYM

Confronting the Holocaust: American Responses: Planning Guide and Resources for Annual Holocaust Commemorations

by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
DVD, 2014
Tags
Holocaust, United States - history
Collections
DVDs, Federation Collection
Barcode
4905
Status
Available
Call number
DVD 940.53 USHMM

American heritage haggadah : the Passover experience

by David Geffen
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Passover, Seder, Haggadah, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4871
Status
Available
Call number
H PS 296.437 GEF

Beginnings Early American Judaica: A Collection of Ten Publications, in Facsimile, Illustrative of the Religious, Communal, Cultural & Political Life of American Jewry, 1761-1845

by Abraham J. Karp
Paperback, 1975
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Reference
Status
Available
Call number
REF 296.3 KAR

120 Hias Stories

by Kathleen Andersen Editor
Paperback, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, United States - history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4736
Status
Available
Call number
325.73 AND

The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America: An Interactive History With Removable Documents and Artifacts

by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, United States - history
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4731
Status
Available
Call number
T 305.892 TEL

Judaism's Encounter with American Sports (The Modern Jewish Experience)

by Jeffrey S. Gurock
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
sports, United States - history, athletes
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4726
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 GUR

Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)

by Roger Horowitz
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
cooking, keeping kosher - kashrut, United States - history, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4605
Status
Available
Call number
296.7 HOR

Commodore Levy: A Novel of Early America in the Age of Sail (Modern Jewish History)

by Irving Litvag
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, United States - history, historical fiction, Uriah Levy
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
4414
Status
Available
Call number
F LIT

Hanukkah in America: A History (Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History)

by Dianne Ashton
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Hanukkah, United States - history, Betty's 100 Books
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4489
Status
Available
Call number
H HN 296.4 ASH

From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways (Heartland Foodways)

by Ellen F. Steinberg
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
United States - history, cookbook, food
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4673
Status
Available
Call number
641.5676 STE

Lincoln and the Jews: A History

by Jonathan D. Sarna
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, Betty's 100 Books, United States - history, United States - Civil War
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4494
Status
Available
Call number
973.70892 SAR

Indiana Jewish History, No.40

by Indiana Jewish Historical Society
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Indiana, United States - history, summer camp, music, GUCI
Collection
Reference
Barcode
3800
Status
Available
Call number
REF 977.2 IJHS

Tucson Jo

by Carol Matas
Paperback, 2014
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, United States - history, Arizona, United States - West, Tucson
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3858
Status
Available
Call number
J F MAT

American Judaism: A History

by Jonathan D. Sarna
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, URJ Significant Jewish Books, Betty's 100 Books, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4466
Status
Available
Call number
296.0973 SAR

American Reform Judaism: An Introduction

by Dana Evan Kaplan
Paperback, 2003
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Reform Judaism, United States - history, Jews - identity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4330
Status
Available
Call number
296.8341 KAP

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3460
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

The Dynamics of American Jewish History: Jacob Rader Marcus's Essays on American Jewry (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

by Gary Phillip Zola
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
history, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (2003)
Barcode
3374
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 ZOL

Heroes of American Jewish History

by Deborah Karp
Hardcover, 1972
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3181
Status
Available
Call number
J 973.04 KAR

The Presidents of the United States & the Jews

by David G. Dalin
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3131
Status
Available
Call number
973.0492 DAL

Early American Jewry, Vol. 2: The Jews of Pennsylvania and the South, 1655-1790

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1953
Tags
United States - history, United States - South, Pennsylvania
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3102
Status
Available
Call number
929.102 MAR

Memoirs of American Jews, 1775-1865: Volume Three

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
United States - history, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2923
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 MAR

Memoirs of American Jews, 1775-1865: Volume Two

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
United States - history, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2922
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 MAR

Memoirs of American Jews, 1775-1865: Volume One

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1974
Tags
United States - history, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2921
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 MAR

Eminent American Jews : 1776 to the present

by Charles Allan. Madison
Hardcover, 1971
Tags
United States - history, biography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2920
Status
Available
Call number
920.073 MAD

The Jewish Woman in America

by Charlotte Baum
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
women, United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2603
Status
Available
Call number
301.41 BAU

Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North

by Thomas J. Sugrue
Paperback, 2008
Tags
civil rights, United States - history, African-Americans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2542
Status
Available
Call number
323.1196 SUG

Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle

by Norman H. Finkelstein
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 6, tikkun olam - repairing the world, social activism, loving one's neighbor, seeking justice, African American - Jewish relations, civil rights, United States - history, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 2 more, diversity and inclusion, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2540
Status
Available
Call number
323.173 FIN

To Bigotry No Sanction

by Leonard Everett Fisher
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
community - kehillah, United States - history, Touro Synagogue, Jews, Rhode Island, Sephardim, United States, respecting differences, tolerance, architecture, United States - East — 1 more, synagogues
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1835
Status
Available
Call number
J 296.097 FIS

The Blood Lie: A Novel

by Shirley Reva Vernick
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Nili's list, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, prejudice, United States - history, AR book - MG+, choosing between right and wrong, anti-Semitism, historical fiction, interfaith relations, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1558
Status
Available
Call number
T F VER

Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle

by Norman H. Finkelstein
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 6, tikkun olam - repairing the world, social activism, loving one's neighbor, seeking justice, African American - Jewish relations, civil rights, United States - history, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image — 2 more, diversity and inclusion, achrayut - responsibility
Barcode
1798
Status
Available
Call number
T 323.173 FIN
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