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          Modern Jewish History

          From the Haskalah to the present, the series brings to life works of Modern Jewish History, with a special emphasis on the American West. Modern Jewish History also works to professionalize amateur archiving and history writing in the field.

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          Songs of Sonderling

          Songs of Sonderling

          Commissioning Jewish Émigré Composers in Los Angeles, 1938–1945

          by Jonathan L. Friedmann and John F. Guest

          Foreword by Nick Strimple

          Price: $19.95

          ISBN: 9781682832448

          Pub Date: January 2025

          The story of one Los Angeles rabbi's new vision for liturgical music.
          Love, Norm

          Love, Norm

          Inspiration of a Jewish American Fighter Pilot, Revised Edition

          by Norman M. Shulman

          Price: $26.95

          ISBN: 9781682832653

          Pub Date: November 2024

          Norm Shulman's relationship with his stepson Greg Levenson had always been stable and warm, but it altered when Greg decided to enlist in the Air Force at age 27. This unexpected decision brought them...
          Neither Fish nor Fowl

          Neither Fish nor Fowl

          A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande

          by Morris S. Riskind

          Edited by Bryan Edward Stone

          Foreword by Peter Riskind

          Price: $45.00

          ISBN: 9781682832301

          Pub Date: October 2024

          The autobiography of Morris Riskind, Jewish store owner in multicultural Eagle Pass, Texas.
          Jewish Historical Societies

          Jewish Historical Societies

          Navigating the Professional-Amateur Divide

          by Jonathan L. Friedmann and Joel Gereboff

          Price: $39.95

          ISBN: 9781682831816

          Pub Date: May 2023

          A scholarly examination of local and regional Jewish historical societies in the United States that considers their contribution to historical memory and suggests what they might offer to the future
          Love, Norm

          Love, Norm

          Inspiration of a Jewish American Fighter Pilot

          by Norman M. Shulman

          Price: $26.95

          ISBN: 9781682831243

          Pub Date: July 2022

          An epistolary memoir ruminating on Jewish identity, heroism, history, and inspiration.
          Transcending Darkness

          Transcending Darkness

          A Girl’s Journey Out of the Holocaust

          by Estelle Glaser Laughlin

          Price: $21.95

          ISBN: 9780896729803

          Pub Date: January 2016

          A harrowing tale of destruction and loss amid the Holocaust ghetto and concentration camps of Holocaust Poland, it is also a story of the goodness that still exists in a dark world, of survival and renewal.
          Pillar of Fire

          Pillar of Fire

          A Biography of Stephen S. Wise

          by A. James Rudin

          Price: $39.95

          ISBN: 9780896729100

          Pub Date: December 2015

          During his long career, Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise received letters with only two words written on the envelope: “Rabbi USA.” But the United States Postal Service was never in doubt about the intended...
          The Jewish Women Prisoners of Ravensbrück

          The Jewish Women Prisoners of Ravensbrück

          Who Were They?

          by Judith Buber Agassi

          Foreword by Sigrid Jacobeit

          Price: $29.95

          ISBN: 9780896728721

          Pub Date: August 2014

          Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. Between 1939 and 1945, it was the site of murder by slave labor, torture, starvation, shooting, lethal injection, medical experimentation,...
          Karski

          Karski

          How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust

          by E. Thomas Wood and Stanisław M. Jankowski

          Price: $29.95

          ISBN: 9780896728820

          Pub Date: August 2014

          A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, Jan Karski joined the Polish Underground movement in 1939. He became a courier for the Underground, crossing enemy lines to serve as a liaison between...
          Commodore Levy

          Commodore Levy

          A Novel of Early America in the Age of Sail

          by Irving Litvag

          Edited by Bonny V. Fetterman

          Price: $45.00

          ISBN: 9780896728813

          Pub Date: May 2014

          By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, he was subjected to six courts-martial...
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