Reuben Cohen comes of age: American Jewish youth and the lived experience of cultural pluralism in the 1920s

American Jewish History

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-181

  Greene, Daniel ^a  

^a Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center   (United States)

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EID: 78649422036     PISSN: 01640178     EISSN: 10863141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajh.2009.0000     Document Type: Review

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