Winner of the Jewish Book Award in Jewish Christian Relations, Jewish Book Council National "A fascinating study... Jazz Age Jews covers its subject without padding or pedantry... A book that takes strong, interesting positions on how the Jews made their way into mainstream America."
Sanford Pinsker, Philadelphia Inquirer "[A] deft and provocative book... [Alexander] paints a vivid portrait of popular anti-Semitism ... Read moreof the time... His arguments in the first two sections are dazzling... Alexander's commentary is elucidating and insightful, an important contribution to both Jewish and cultural studies."
Publishers Weekly "As [Alexander] points out, of all America's ethnic minorities, only the Jazz Age Jews seemed to care for the downtrodden in other groups... If this is revisionist history, I like it."
Michael Freedland, Jewish Chronicle "Alexander's genial and generally jargon-free book offers a provocative portrait of how Jazz Age Jews understood their Jewishness."
Lev Raphael, The Jerusalem Report "Jazz Age Jews is an accessible and informative contribution to the ongoing dialogue about American Jewish acculturation in the early part of the twentieth century."
Andrea Most, American Jewish History Show Less