Imagine physics without Einstein*, feminism without Betty Friedan or Gloria Steinem, pop music without Carole King, rock and roll without Bob Dylan, punk rock without Joey Ramone, American literature without JD Salinger or Saul Bellow, children's lit without Maurice Sendak, journalism without Carl Bernstein, American jurisprudence without Louis Brandeis, queer theory without Judith Butler, comedy without . . . well, take your pick! Kind of impossible, right? The contributions of American Jews to American culture—and, by extension, global culture—are tremendous and often foundational. As President Biden's proclamation says, "We celebrate the immeasurable impact of Jewish values, contributions, and culture on our Nation’s character." This list is a bit of a hodge-podge: fiction, nonfiction, music, and film by or about notable Jews or touching on some aspect of Jewish-American life and culture. Consider it the tip of a wonderful iceberg. *Okay, he wasn't technically an American, but you get my point.
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... Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other Around on Chairs, Why They Fled Egypt by Running Straight Into a Large Body of Water, and Much More, Maybe Too Much More
Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories
My Remarkable Life in Show Business
a Survivor's Tale
Reports From a Haunted Present
A Novel
An American Musician
Serenade, Songfest
a Novel
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
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