A history of Jewish American achievement: Jewish Americans and World War II
The darkest period of Jewish American life - the Holocaust and World War II - is examined in this fifth program of Jewish American achievement spanning 1939-1945. The selection of Bess Myerson as the first Jewish Miss America revealed a growing acce...
A history of Jewish American achievement: Jewish Americans spread out across the country
Led by the bold entrepreneur Levi Strauss, the visionary labor leader Samuel Gompers and the great public servant Oscar Straus, Jewish Americans help advance the U.S. into becoming a beacon of democracy in this second program of Jewish American achi...
A history of Jewish American achievement: a golden age for Jewish Americans
Writer Edna Ferber, singer Al Jolson and artist Max Weber are three of thousands of Jewish American men and women who achieve greatness and change America in the decades between the two World Wars in this fourth program of Jewish American achievemen...
A history of Jewish American achievement: the flowering of Jewish Americans
The fantastic achievements of writers, scientists, and composers are just a few of the amazing stories chronicled in this sixth program of Jewish American achievement spanning 1946-1961; including 20th century medical hero, Jonas Salk. This series o...
A history of Jewish American achievement: Jewish Americans enter mainstream American culture
At last Jewish Americans are part of mainstream American culture; influential individuals such as Betty Friedan, Bob Dylan, and Mike Wallace perform important roles in women's rights, music, TV journalism and economic policy in this seventh program ...
A history of Jewish American achievement: Jewish Americans succeed in all walks of American life
Harry Houdini, renowned magician, headlines a magnificent cast of Jewish American achievers celebrated for brilliance in science, the law and an astonishing new enterprise: the motion picture industry, in this third program of Jewish American achiev...
A history of Jewish American achievement: the Jewish settlers come to America
Escaping persecution in Europe, Jewish pioneers such as Asser Levy and Luis Moses Gomez begin a new life of economic freedom and civil rights in America in this first program of Jewish American achievement spanning 1654-1844. This series of eight ha...
A history of Jewish American achievement: the new Jewish American identity
Jewish Americans, instrumental in making the United States the leader of the Digital Age, recognize the need to balance their American and Jewish heritages in this eighth and final program of Jewish American achievement spanning 1970-2009. This seri...