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  • J Street: The Political Home for Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Americans 
    J Street (J Street, 2017)
    The official Web Site of J Street, "the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people." The date provided is merely the year in which ...
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer 
    Atomic Heritage Foundation (2017)
    A brief biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was a theoretical physicist and is known as the "father of the atomic bomb." Click on the link above to access the page.
  • The J.D. Salinger I Never Knew 
    Osnos, Peter (Medium, 2019-11-26)
    J.D. Salinger was best known for his 1951 novel "Catcher in the Rye." He was also known for his reclusiveness. His literary oeuvre effectively ended in the mid 1960s and little was known about his personal life until quite ...
  • The Jack Benny Program: The Lunch Counter Murder 
    Benny, Jack (CBS, 1960-12-04)
    An entire television episode of the Jack Benny Program, downloaded from the Internet Archive. It was first aired on December 4, 1960. It was added to the Internet Archive in 2008. Click on the icon to watch the program.
  • Jack Benny’s Comic Program: Remembering Something Wonderful 
    Teachout, Terry (Commenatry Magazine, 2017-10)
    This article in Commentary Magazine discusses the uniqueness and"quintessentially Jewish" nature of Jack Benny's comedy. "The Jack Benny Program" initially began as a radio show in 1932 that continued until 1950, when it ...
  • Jack Steinberger - Biographical 
    Steinberger, Jack (NobelPrize.org, 2019)
    An autobiographical essay by Jack Steinberger on the occasion of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 along with fellow scientists Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz. Click on the link above to access.
  • Jack Wertheimer, "The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice their Religion Today" (Princeton UP, 2018) 
    Jackson, Lindsey; Wertheimer, Jack (New Books Network, 2019-10-29)
    An audio interview with Jack Wertheimer, author of "The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice their Religion Today" (Princeton UP, 2018). "Wertheimer argues that American Jews are indeed engaging with Judaism, albeit ...
  • Janet L. Yellen - Research 
    Brookings Institute (Brookings Institute, 2020)
    Links to several presentations Janet Yellen gave at the Brookings Institute, in which she discusses her research. Click on the link above to visit the site.
  • Janet Yellen: Background And Philosophy 
    Cussen, Mark P. (Investopeida, 2020-11-23)
    Nominated by President Barack Obama in 2013, Janet Yellen was the first woman to serve as chair of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2020 President elect Joe Biden nominated her to be the first woman to serve as Secretary of ...
  • Janis Ian 
    Jewish Women's Archive (Jewish Women's Archive, 2018)
    Brief article about Janis Ian. Click on the link to access.
  • Jeffrey D. Sachs: American economist 
    The Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica (The Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019-11-01)
    The Encyclopedia Birtannica's biographical article on Jeffrey Sacks discusses the prominent economist, Jeffrey Sachs and some of his notable achievements. His current initiatives are focused around issues of poverty, the ...
  • Jerry Lewis - 1961 - Standup Comedy 
    Lewis, Jerry (YouTube, 1961)
    An example of Jerry Lewis's standup comedy from an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Click on the link to watch the recording.
  • Jerry Lewis Was the Quintessential American Jew 
    Dauber, Jeremy (New York Times, 2017-08-21)
    In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Jeremy Dauber considers what was uniquely Jewish about the comedy of Jerry Lewis. Click on the link above to read the article.
  • Jerry Lewis, Comedic Force of Nature, Dies at 91 
    Susman, Gary (Vanity Fair, 2017-08-20)
    An obituary of Jerry Lewis in Vanity Fair. Click on the link above to read the obituary.
  • Jerry Stiller, Comedian With Enduring Appeal, Is Dead at 92 
    Keepnews, Peter (The New York Times, 2020-05-11)
    The New York Times' obituary for comedian and actor Jerry Stiller. Stiller's career career included stand-up comedy with his wife, Anne Meara, roles in both Broadway and off-Broadway and on television, most notably in the ...
  • Jewish Americans in 2020: U.S. Jews are culturally engaged, increasingly diverse, politically polarized and worried about anti-Semitism 
    Pew Research Center (Pew Research Center, 2021-05-11)
    A survey of over 4,700 Jewish American adults about the nature of their Jewish affiliations and their attitudes on a wide variety of topics, undertaken from Nov. 19, 2019, to June 3, 2020. Click on the icon to read the survey.
  • Jewish Book Council 
    Jewish Book Council (Jewish Book Council, 2019)
    "Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1944, is the longest-run­ning orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture. For over sev­en­ty years, we have used lit­er­a­ture to ...
  • Jewish Canadians 
    Schoenfeld, Stuart (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2020-03-18)
    This article discusses the history of Jews in Canada, the organizations they established, their ethnic identification, their experience with antisemitism in Canada, notable Canadian Jews, the various ways Canadian Jews ...
  • Jewish Currents 
    Jewish Currents (Jewish Currents, 1946)
    "Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left." Click on the link above to access the magazine.
  • Jewish Federation of Cleveland 
    Jewish Federation of Cleveland (Jewish Federation of Cleveland, 2017)
    The Web site of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Click the link above to access.

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