{"product_id":"american-jewish-women-7-847384003271","title":"America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today by Pamela S. Nadell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today\u003c\/em\u003e, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the complex story of Jewish women in America―from colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Recounting how Jewish women have been at the forefront of social, economic, and political causes for centuries, Nadell shows them fighting for suffrage, labor unions, civil rights, feminism, and religious rights―shaping a distinctly Jewish American identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today was released on March 5, 2019 and published by W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"editorialReviews_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"editorialReviews\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"editorialReviews\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"editorialReviews_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"hq37l2-krqgs2-9zq5cj-b1iqta\" data-cel-widget=\"editorialReviews_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The definitive history of Jewish women in America.”\u003cbr\u003e― Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With an expansive knowledge of both American Jewish history and women’s history, [Nadell] brings to this book unparalleled insights.”\u003cbr\u003e― Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism: Here and Now\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[A] swift-paced and concise history.… Nadell fluidly intersperses thumbnail accounts of the famous and less so with a discussion of trends in American Jewish life.”\u003cbr\u003e― Julia M. Klein, Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We learn a great deal about some spectacularly brave and innovative women who transgressed traditional boundaries to break new ground.”\u003cbr\u003e― Elaine Margolin, Jerusalem Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A masterful and remarkably timely history which should be on every shelf. In becoming America’s Jewish women, generations of immigrants and their native-born daughters transformed themselves, their faith, and the nation they called home.”\u003cbr\u003e― Abigail Pogrebin, author of My Jewish Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A compelling and well-researched chronicle.… The contributions of these remarkable women shine in Nadell’s impressive book.”\u003cbr\u003e― Julie Hale, BookPage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An accessible, yet scholarly account of our history.”\u003cbr\u003e― Bettina Berch, Jewish Book Council\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Excellent.”\u003cbr\u003e― Joseph Preville, World Religion News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Nadell] has turned the diverse life stories of dozens of women across centuries of time into a mesmerizing whole. This is a book to read and reread, then sit back and contemplate, with a smile, the wondrous achievements of Jewish women in America.”\u003cbr\u003e― Francine Klagsbrun, author of Lioness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nadell has taken on a big job in covering such a multidimensional, important subject. Nadell does it in informative and succinct style, and the result is a readable, valuable text.”\u003cbr\u003e― Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.4 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/6574\/2237\/files\/2.jpg?v=1747072654\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"UPNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44303245934902,"sku":"9780393651232","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/6574\/2237\/files\/american-jewish-women-9781584654391-4468130.png?v=1768614853","url":"https:\/\/shoptheweitzman.org\/products\/american-jewish-women-7-847384003271","provider":"The Weitzman Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}