Jews and Booze

Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition is a history book by Marni Davis.^[1] It was published in 2012 by New York University Press.^[2]

Jews and Booze

Author	Marni Davis
Publisher	New York University Press
Publication date	January 1, 2012
Pages	248
ISBN	978-0-8147-2028-8

Reception

It received a positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, which called it a "fascinating, nuanced social history."^[2]

After publishing the book, Davis was nominated for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.^[3] Edward Shapiro of the Jewish Book Council who called it an "engrossing and well-written" addition to American Jewish historiography.^[4]

Rich Cohen, in a review for Commentary, praised the book's detail and research but felt that it did not adequately develop the historical people mentioned beyond footnotes in its larger story.^[5] Sam Roberts in The New York Times gave it a mixed review.^[6]