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J.H. Donahey (1875-1949) Cleveland, Many Peoples, One language ["Invite your parents, brothers and sisters to attend free public evening schools"] Color poster 1917 Courtesy of the HUC Skirball Cultural Center Museum Collection, Los Angeles (77)

Diner, Hasia R. and Beryl Lieff Benderly. Her Works Praise Her: A History of Jewish Women in America from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Basic Books, 2002.

Dinnerstein, Leonard. Antisemitism in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Dolling, Marc. Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.

Feingold, Henry L., general editor. The Jewish People in America. 5 vols. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Goren, Arthur A. The Political Behavior of American Jews. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.

Grunberger, Michael, editor. From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America. New York: George Braziller, Inc. in association with the Library of Congress, 2004.

Joselit, Jenna Weissman. The Wonders of America: Reinventing Jewish Culture, 1880-1950. New York: Hill and Wang, 1994.

Korn, Bertram Wallace. American Jewry and the Civil War. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2001.

Sarna, Jonathan. American Judaism: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.

Zurawik, David. The Jews of Prime Time. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2003.

For Children

Brooks, Philip. Extraordinary Jewish Americans. New York: Children's Press, 1998.

Diner, Hasia R. A New Promised Land: A History of Jews in America. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Horton, Casey. The Jews. New York, N.Y.: Crabtree Publishing, 2000.

Kids Explore America's Jewish Heritage. Sante Fe, N.M.: John Muir Publications; Emeryville, California: Publishers Group West, 1996.

Lingen, Marissa. The Jewish Americans. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2003.

Telushkin, Joseph. The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigrants to America. New York: Harmony Books, 2002.

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