Mississippi

A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard

D. S. Anderson, A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 2023.

The Builders of a New South: Merchants, Capital, and the Remaking of Natchez, 1865-1914

A. D. Anderson, “The Builders of a New South: Merchants, Capital, and the Remaking of Natchez, 1865-1914”, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2009.

Civil War Exodus: The Jews and Grant's General Order No. 11

S. Ash, “Civil War Exodus: The Jews and Grant's General Order No. 11”, Historian, vol. 44, pp. 505-523, 1982.

The Rabbi with the Southern Twang: True Stories From a Life of Leadership Within the Orthodox Jewish Congregations of the South

S. Atlas, The Rabbi with the Southern Twang: True Stories From a Life of Leadership Within the Orthodox Jewish Congregations of the South. Bloomington, IN: Tafford, 2007.

Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew's Battle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

H. Ball, Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew's Battle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. South Bend, IN: Notre Dame UP, 2021.

Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew's Battle for Civil Rights in Missippi

H. Ball, Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew's Battle for Civil Rights in Missippi. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021.

A House of David in the Land of Jesus

R. L. Berman, A House of David in the Land of Jesus. privately published, 2007.

Mercy on Rude Streams: Jewish Emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine to the lower Mississippi Region and the Concept of Fidelity

A. Bloch, “Mercy on Rude Streams: Jewish Emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine to the lower Mississippi Region and the Concept of Fidelity”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 2, pp. 81-110, 1999.

From the Banks of the Rhine to the Banks of the Mississippi: The History of Jewish Immigrants and Their Individual Stories

A. Bloch-Raymond, From the Banks of the Rhine to the Banks of the Mississippi: The History of Jewish Immigrants and Their Individual Stories. Santa Maria, CA: Janaway, 2014.

Mississippi Marranos

M. Braiterman, “Mississippi Marranos”, in Jews in the South, Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1973, pp. 351-359.

Half a Heart

R. Brown, Half a Heart. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.

Civil Wars

R. Brown, Civil Wars. New York: Knopf, 1984.

The Jewish World of Elvis Presley

R. Kline Chartock, The Jewish World of Elvis Presley. McKinstry Place, 2020.

The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi

E. Cohen, The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1999.

God Shakes Creation

D. Cohn, God Shakes Creation. New York: Harper's, 1935.

Where I Was Born and Raised

D. Cohn, Where I Was Born and Raised. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948.

"Growing Up Jewish in the Mississippi Delta, 1943-1961: A Rabbi's Memoir"

F. Davidow, “"Growing Up Jewish in the Mississippi Delta, 1943-1961: A Rabbi's Memoir"”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 25, pp. 149-182, 2022.

"Feeding the Jewish Soul in the Delta Diaspora"

M. C. Ferris, “"Feeding the Jewish Soul in the Delta Diaspora"”, Southern Cultures, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 52-85, 2004.

SteinMart: An American Story of Roots, Family, and Building a Greater Dream

D. Ginzl, SteinMart: An American Story of Roots, Family, and Building a Greater Dream. Tampa: University of Tampa Press, 2005.

One More River

M. Glickman, One More River. New York: Open Road, 2011.

Home in the Morning

M. Glickman, Home in the Morning. New York: Open Roads, 2010.

"Harvard man, American dough boy, Mississippi Jew: the papers of Samuel (Sam) Leyens Switzer in Virginia"

M. Hametz, “"Harvard man, American dough boy, Mississippi Jew: the papers of Samuel (Sam) Leyens Switzer in Virginia"”, Jewish Culture and History, vol. 15, no. 1-2, pp. 124-40, 2014.

Wednesdays in Mississippi: Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964

D. Z. Harwell, Wednesdays in Mississippi: Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

Bethink Rabbi Benjamin Schultz

I. Herscovici, Bethink Rabbi Benjamin Schultz. Xlibris, 2012.

Bernhard Henry Gotthelf: The First Reform Rabbi of Vicksburg, Mississippi

I. Herscovici, Bernhard Henry Gotthelf: The First Reform Rabbi of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg, MS: privately published, 2001.

The Jews of Vicksburg, Mississippi

I. Herscovici, The Jews of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Xlibris, 2007.

Whitecapping: Anti-Semitism in the Populist Era

W. F. Holmes, “Whitecapping: Anti-Semitism in the Populist Era”, American Jewish Historical Quarterly, no. March, pp. 244-261, 1974.

The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor's Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

M. Ingram, The Hands of Peace: A Holocaust Survivor's Fight for Civil Rights in the American South. New York: Skyhorse, 2015.

The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South

J. Ivester, The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South. Berkeley, CA: She Writes, 2015.

Merchants on Issaquena: Avenue of the Blues in Mississippi

M. Kerstine, Merchants on Issaquena: Avenue of the Blues in Mississippi. Kerstine's Enterprises, 2020.

Rabbi Benjamin Schultz and the American Jewish League Against Communism

A. Krause, “Rabbi Benjamin Schultz and the American Jewish League Against Communism”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 13, pp. 153-213, 2010.

Clara Lowenburg Moses: Memoir of a Southern Jewish Woman

W. Machlovitz, Clara Lowenburg Moses: Memoir of a Southern Jewish Woman. Jackson, MS: Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, 2000.

Two Far South: Rabbinical Responses to Apartheid and Segregation in South Africa and the American South

A. Mendelsohn, “Two Far South: Rabbinical Responses to Apartheid and Segregation in South Africa and the American South”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 6, pp. 63-132, 2003.

Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews

J. Nelson, Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

The History of the Jewish Community of Vicksburg from 1820-1968

G. Phillipsborn, The History of the Jewish Community of Vicksburg from 1820-1968. Vicksburg, MS: privately published, 1969.

Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in Mississippi

S. Rockoff, “Chai Cotton: Jewish Life in Mississippi”, in Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi: The Twentieth Century, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2012, pp. 193-218.

When General Grant Expelled the Jews

J. Sarna, When General Grant Expelled the Jews. New York: Schocken, 2012.

From Rebbitzen to Rabbi: The Journey of Paula Ackerman

S. R. Schwartz, “From Rebbitzen to Rabbi: The Journey of Paula Ackerman”, American Jewish Archives, vol. 59, pp. 99-106, 2007.

Anti-Semitism Mississippi Style

E. S. Shapiro, “Anti-Semitism Mississippi Style”, in Anti-Semitism in American History, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986, pp. 129-151.

"Houses Divided that Remained Standing: Conflicting Loyalties within an Extended Southern Jewish Family"

J. Silverberg, “"Houses Divided that Remained Standing: Conflicting Loyalties within an Extended Southern Jewish Family"”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 27, pp. 11-58, 2024.

The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen

H. Tarr, The Conversion of Chaplain Cohen. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.

Jews in Early Mississippi

L. Turitz and Turitz, E., Jews in Early Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1983.

Paula Ackerman: Pioneer in the Pulpit

E. Umansky, “Paula Ackerman: Pioneer in the Pulpit”, Southern Jewish History, vol. 14, pp. 77-117, 2011.

A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi

L. Waldoff, A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi. Boston, Ma: Academic Studies P, 2018.

Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self

R. Walker, Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self. New York: Riverhead, 2001.

Meridian

A. Walker, Meridian. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.