During the 1960s, a Jewish graduate student at the University of Michigan encountered ambivalence towards Jewish identity among his peers and faculty members while pushing for a Jewish studies program.

Dr. Tal Elmaliach explores the impact of Zionist youth movements on American Judaism during the 1960s, emphasizing their role in reshaping the Jewish community.

In "Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity," the author David E. Kaufman examines the intersection of Jewish identity and celebrity through profiles of Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand in the 1960s.