08/13/2025
𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄! Western States Jewish History 54:1 is now available.
Subscription info: https://www.ttupress.org/journals/western-states-jewish-history/
𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐒
“Introduction to Special Issue on Australian Jewish History,” by Jason Schulman
“A Personal Reflection on the Development of the Field of Australian Jewish History,” by Suzanne D. Rutland
“‘How I Long for Sarah Dear’: How Distance Impacted the Formation of Jewish Families in the Colony of Victoria, Australia, 1850s–1870s,” by Elizabeth Offer
“‘His Love for Opera and Greasepaint’: The Briners and the Western Australian Opera Society, 1946–1950,” by Evangeline Jarman
“How Unprecedented Was the Explosion of Antisemitism in Australia After October 7? A Look at Australian Responses to the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, and the 1982 Lebanon War,” by Jasmine Beinart
𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒
Blaine Lamb, Jewish Settlers in the Arizona Territory, reviewed by Naomi Sandweiss
Joel Gereboff and Jonathan L. Friedmann, eds., Jewish Historical Societies: Navigating the Professional-Amateur Divide, reviewed by Jason Schulman
Rebecca Clarren, The Cost of Free Land, Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance, reviewed by Oliver B. Pollak
Avi Y. Decter, Exploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures, reviewed by Jonathan L. Friedmann
Jody Myers, Eating at God’s Table: How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities, edited by Joel Gereboff
Pierre Birnbaum, Tears of History: The Rise of Political Antisemitism in the United States, reviewed by Jason Schulman
