Publications & Exhibits
Publications Available from the American Jewish Historical Society
As the first organization promoting an understanding of the unique contributions of Jews to American culture, the American Jewish Historical Society has long served a public educational and interpretive function by publishing a journal, a newsletter, monographs and reference works on the American Jewish experience.
Scholarly Journal: For the half century before World War II, Jewish scholars could find few mainstream academic journals other than the Society's own quarterly that published articles on American Jewish themes. Now titled American Jewish History, this journal remains the most respected in its field. Johns Hopkins University Press provides access to American Jewish History from the year 1996 through its subscription service, Project MUSE. Check with your library or institution to see if you have access. The American Jewish Historical Society has digitized the journal through the year 1978; free access is available through ADAJE: The American Digital Archive of the Jewish Experience.
Newsletter: Heritage, the newsletter of AJHS, appears at least twice per year and serves both as a general interest magazine and a source of information about activities and programs at AJHS.
Monographs and Reference Works: The Society encourages publication as well as acts as a direct publisher. During the past several years, the Society’s publications in its own name have included:
- A Survivor’s Haggadah edited with an introduction by Saul Touster
- Beyond Words edited by with an introduction by Saul Touster
- Hoopskirts and Huppahs by Milton Gottesman
- America Stands with Israel edited by Carolyn Green, Michael Feldberg and Scott-Martin Kosofsky
Working with university and commercial presses, AJHS has subsidized or authorized the following reference works and monographs under its name:
- Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia edited by Paula Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (Routledge Publishing)
- The Jewish People in America, five volumes edited by Henry Feingold (Johns Hopkins University Press)
- The American Jewish Desk Reference (Random House)
- Blessings of Freedom edited by Michael Feldberg (KTAV)
Public Programs
At its facilities at the Center for Jewish History in New York and at Hebrew College in Newton, MA as well as at other venues, the AJHS sponsors lectures, concerts, films, symposia and other events of general intellectual and cultural interest. Calendar of Events at the Center for Jewish History