Esther Schor
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Horace Kallen, George Washington, and the Borah Affair
Was a quote from George Washington about isolationism real or fake, as Senator William Borah maintained, in a serious blow to Horace Kallen’s reputation?
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America’s Jewish Bridegroom
Horace Kallen can be found in the ill-starred pantheon of prolific writers known for only one thing: one novel, one sonnet, one treatise, or, in his case, one idea. That idea is “cultural pluralism.”
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“When Orchards Burn Their Lamps of Fiery Gold”
Emma Lazarus’s 1882 poem for Rosh Hashanah responded to the crises of her day, foreshadowed “The New Colossus,” and resonates today.
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Inventing American Judaism
Unlike the Jews of Venice, whose charter was anxiously renegotiated every decade or so, American Jews participated in civic life, confidently building themselves a future.
Freedom Riders
There is nothing subtle about the theme that runs throughout Philadelphia's National Museum of American Jewish History.