New Books in Jewish Studies
Interview with Scholars of Judaism about their New Books
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- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Susannah Drake, “Slandering the Jew: Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts” (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2013)
In Slandering the Jew: Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), Susannah Drake, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Macalester College, inve…
00:33:15 |
Mon 11 Apr 2016
Marc B. Shapiro, “Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History” (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2015)
In Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2015), Marc B. Shapiro, the Weinberg Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Scr…
00:35:03 |
Sun 03 Apr 2016
Brennan W. Breed, “Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History” (Indiana UP, 2014)
Modern Biblical Studies usually begins from an assumption that there is an established original text and clear exegetical genres that extend from the original. Reception History is structured around …
00:58:57 |
Fri 01 Apr 2016
Suzanne Brown-Fleming, “Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016)
Suzanne Brown-Fleming suggests that most people think the archives of the International Tracing Service is largely a list of names and addresses. I was one of these people until I read her excellent …
00:43:33 |
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Caroline E. Light, “That Pride of Race and Character: The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South” (NYU Press, 2014)
In That Pride of Race and Character: The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South (NYU Press, 2014), Caroline E. Light, Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard Univers…
00:28:53 |
Tue 29 Mar 2016
David A. Lambert, “How Repentance Became Biblical: Judaism, Christianity, and the Interpretation of Scripture” (Oxford UP, 2016)
In How Repentance Became Biblical: Judaism, Christianity, and the Interpretation of Scripture (Oxford University Press, 2016), David A. Lambert, assistant professor of Religious Studies at the Univer…
00:33:09 |
Mon 28 Mar 2016
Tahneer Oksman, “How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?” (Columbia UP, 2016)
In “How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?”: Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs (Columbia University Press, 2016), Tahneer Oksman explores the graphic memoirs of seven…
00:29:19 |
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Mariah Adin, “The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s” (Praeger, 2014)
Stereotypes should always be viewed with skepticism. That said, when we consider Jewish kids from Brooklyn we ordinarily think of well-behaved, studious types on their way to “good schools” and profe…
01:08:18 |
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Daniella Doron, “Jewish Youth and Identity in Postwar France: Rebuilding Family and Nation” (Indiana UP, 2015)
In Jewish Youth and Identity in Postwar France: Rebuilding Family and Nation (Indiana UP, 2015), Daniella Doron, Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Monash University, looks at the post-WWI…
00:32:41 |
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Joshua Zimmerman, “The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
Some books fly high above the field, making sweeping generalizations about big questions.
Other books circle over a specific problem, analyzing it in great detail to say something important about a …
01:48:49 |
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Dan J. Puckett, “In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” (U of Alabama Press, 2014)
In his book, In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust (University of Alabama Press, 2014), Dan J. Puckett, Associate Professor of History at Troy University, t…
00:34:31 |
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Benjamin D. Sommer, “Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition” (Yale UP, 2015)
In Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition (Yale University Press, 2015), Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary, describes a “participato…
00:34:05 |
Sun 06 Mar 2016
Theodore Sasson, “The New American Zionism” (NYU Press, 2014)
In The New American Zionism (New York University Press, 2014; paperback 2015), Theodore Sasson, Professor of Jewish Studies at Middlebury College and Visiting Research Professor of Sociology at Brand…
00:34:53 |
Mon 29 Feb 2016
Jason Mokhtarian, “Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran” (U of California Press, 2015)
In Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran (University of California Press, 2015), Jason Mokhtarian, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religious Studi…
00:32:32 |
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Shai Held, “Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence” (Indiana UP, 2013)
In Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence (Indiana University Press, 2013), Shai Held, Co-Founder, Dean and Chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar, offers a sympathetic, yet critical, exa…
00:30:31 |
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Aviya Kushner, “The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible” (Spiegel and Grau, 2015)
Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and debating its meaning over the dinner table. She knew much of it by heart–and was later surprised when, …
00:58:54 |
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Keren R. McGinity, “Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood” (Indiana UP, 2014)
In Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood (Indiana University Press, 2014), Keren R. McGinity, founding director of the Love and Tradition Institute and a Research Associate at Brand…
00:32:07 |
Mon 08 Feb 2016
Yael Raviv, “Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel” (University of Nebraska Press, 2015)
In the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants inspired by Zionism began to settle in Palestine. Their goal was not only to establish a politically sovereign state, but also to create a new, moder…
00:42:53 |
Thu 17 Dec 2015
Ted Merwin, “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli” (NYU Press, 2015)
In Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli (New York University Press, 2015), Ted Merwin, Associate Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Dickinson College, serves up the fir…
00:31:32 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Jodi Eichler-Levine, “Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children’s Literature” (NYU Press, 2013)
In Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children’s Literature (New York University Press, 2013), Jodi Eichler-Levine, associate professor of Religion Studies an…
00:29:31 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
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