Jewish American Heritage Month at Unpacked

This Jewish American Heritage Month, meet the Jews of Harlem

These Jewish Harlemites left an indelible mark on American life that persists to this day.

Everything you want to know about Jewish baseball sports hero Sandy Koufax

Aside from being one of the greatest aces in baseball history, Koufax is remembered most for his actions on Yom Kippur 1965.

Get to know Jewish Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman

At the 2012 Olympics, Raisman became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the floor competition for her performance to “Hava Nagila.”

The forgotten history of Jewish Harlem

At the beginning of the 20th century, Harlem’s Jewish community was the third-largest in the world, just behind Warsaw, Poland, and the Lower East Side.

Everything we know about Jonah Hill’s Jewish identity

Hill remembers his bar mitzvah as “magical” and proudly identifies as a “Surf Jew.”

The Jews of the Wild West

Their stories embody traits of perseverance, grit, and the determination to maintain one’s identity in a strange land.

9 things you need to know about the Black-Jewish relationship in America

“The great challenge is for voices of compassion and mutual respect to rise above the prevailing din of acrimony, misunderstanding and distrust.”

Barbara Walters’ Jewish identity

“To my great surprise, Israel overwhelmed me and aroused feelings I never knew I had. I couldn’t get over the beauty of the land.”

A Jewish American tale

Like so many immigrant groups in the past and the present, Jews fought for decades to be included in what it means to be American.

All the Jewish things you want to know about Ben Platt

Louis Brandeis: Can Americans be patriots and Zionists?

The history of Jewish life in America

Jews have lived in the United States since 1654 — before the states were even united — when 23 Sephardic settlers fled to New Amsterdam.

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