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Jewniverse

Jewniverse
Jewish culture and history are full of fascinating, obscure, and amazing treasures. Some of them have been buried for thousands of years. Others are popping up in Broadway musicals, musty bookstores, and around the Internet as YouTube sensations. Jewniverse discovers them and sends you the scoop.

Jewniverse’s Name was Changed at Ellis Island to June Verse

September 3, 2012
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Check out some of our favorite stories of Jewish immigration. Home On the Range—A mail order bride from Russia comes to live on the American frontier. Ragtime—the novel features a surprising and sad story of Jewish immigration. Last of the Red Hot Mamas—vaudeville star, straight from Ukraine. Sniper, Survivor, Sex…

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Ragtime

August 5, 2011
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In Ragtime, an enormous and varied cast of characters knocks shoulders with each other–black and white, upper-class…

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