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California History Announces Winners of 2022 Richard J. Orsi Prize

Mar 04 2023
California History is pleased to announce the winner of the Richard J. Orsi prize for the best article published in the journal in 2022. The committee unanimously selected Warren C. Wood's “S. An-Sky’s The Dybbuk and the Process of Jewish American Identity in 1920s San Francisco” (California Histor
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How Christians Have Used Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric for Their Own Ends

Nov 18 2022
by David M. Freidenreich, author of Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the EnemyAntisemitism is becoming increasingly overt—and so too is its close relative, anti-Judaism. To respond and resist effectively, we need to recognize the differences between these two forms of rhetoric, w
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Demons in the Talmud – and on the Campaign Trail

Nov 17 2022
By Sara Ronis, author of Demons in the Details: Demonic Discourse and Rabbinic Culture in Late Antique BabyloniaIn the months leading up to this year’s midterm elections, a number of Republicans claimed that their Democratic opponents were working with demons or with the devil himself. This tact
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