Contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.

In a series of nine original essays, the editors and other leading American historians bring dramatically new perspectives to bear on our understanding of the W

Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religiou

Winner, 2017 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies presented by the Jewish Book Council Finalist, 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, pr

Winner of the 2020 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore​ Honorable Mention, 2021 Saul Viener Book Prize​ The Jews’ In