AUTHOR |
TITLE |
AGE |
NOTES |
| Rabbi Rona Shapiro |
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: Jewish
Women and American Immigration (Torah Aura) |
Age 12-Adult |
The History of Jewish immigration through
the eyes of Jewish women |
| Seymour Rossel |
Let Freedom Ring: A History
of Jews in the United States, plus Teacher’s
Guide (Behrman House) |
Ages 11-13 |
A study of American Jewish history from
Pre-Colonial America to the present. Students asked to
consider their own roles in the future of American Jewish
history |
| Arthur Kurzweil |
My Generations: A Course in Jewish Family
History, plus Teachers Guide (Behrman House) |
Ages 13-16 |
A creative text and workbook for students
and families to trace their genealogy |
| Helene Schwartz Kenvin |
This Land of Liberty: A History of American
Jews, plus Teachers Guide (Behrman House) |
Ages 13-15 |
More than 350 years of American history
filtered through the Jewish experience, based on authentic
family record of generations of American Jews. |
| Marshal Sklare |
American Jews: A Reader (Behrman House) |
Adult |
Selections from authoritative sociological
studies of American Jewish life. |
| David Gorelis and Dorit Gary
(editors) |
American Jewry: Portrait and Prognosis
(Behrman House) |
Adult |
National Jewish Population Survey data,
along with other sources paint a picture of today's American
Jewry and define a prognosis for its future |
| Behrman House |
Challenge and Change, History of the Jews
in America student text |
Grades 7-9 |
This will ultimately be a three book series,
written in chapters that would be each be a 45 minute
lesson. Book One, Early Settlement Through Central European
Migration was published last April and Book Two will
be out in December. A Teaching Guide is available, and
an interactive web site has been designed to offer extra
resource material. |
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
