New Books in Jewish Studies

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Holocaust

Jewish Identity

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Zionism

World War II

Late Antiquity

Anti-Semitism

Maimonides

Soviet Union

Israel

Rabbinic Literature

Kabbalah

YIVO Institute For Jewish Research

Dreyfus Affair

Holocaust Studies

Ethics

Talmud

Nazi Germany

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Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America

In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders debated how to preserve and produce Jewish culture, fearful that growing affluence and suburbanization threatened the future of Jewish life. Many communal educators and rabbis p... more

24 May 2026

Ruth Balint, "Destination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe" (Cornell UP, 2021)

In this unique “history from below," Destination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe (Cornell University Press, 2021) chronicles encounters between displaced persons in Europe and the Allied agencies who were taske... more

22 May 2026 • 54 min

Ellen Levitt, "Former Synagogues of the United States: Looking at Buildings That Once Housed Synagogues, Schools, and Other Jewish Institutions" (Resource Publications, 2026)

Throughout the United States there are buildings that had been home to Jewish houses of worship, schools, and other institutions. What has happened to these buildings? What can we learn from their history? In her book, Former Synagogues of the United... more

22 May 2026 • 1 hr 2 min

Rachel Deblinger, "Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust" (Indiana UP, 2025)

How did American Jews come to learn about the Holocaust in the immediate aftermath of the war? What kinds of images and representations of Holocaust survivors first circulated in America, when most Jewish survivors were still stuck in European displa... more

20 May 2026 • 1 hr 1 min

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Recent Guests

Ellen Levitt

Author, photographer, teacher; writer of Former Synagogues of the United States

Resource Publications (publisher)

Episode: Ellen Levitt, "Former Synagogues of the United States: Looking at Buildings That Once Housed Synagogues, Schools, and Other Jewish Institutions" (Resource Publications, 2026)

Ruth Balint

Professor of History

University of New South Wales

Episode: Ruth Balint, "Destination Elsewhere: Displaced Persons and Their Quest to Leave Postwar Europe" (Cornell UP, 2021)

Rachel Deblinger

Author of Saving Our Survivors, historian focused on Holocaust memory and postwar discourse

Indiana University Press / UCLA (mentioned in interview)

Episode: Rachel Deblinger, "Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust" (Indiana UP, 2025)

Shaul Stamffer

Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Episode: "My Heart is in the East": How Yiddish Speakers Moved to the East

Jeffrey Veidlinger

Author of In the Myths of Civilized Europe, The Pogroms, 1918–1921, and Onset of the Holocaust

University of Michigan (History and Judaic Studies)

Episode: In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Steven J. Zipperstein

Scholar, author, and professor

Stanford University

Episode: In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Antony Polonsky

Historian; questions the presenters during the session

Polonsky Institute/Polonsky family?

Episode: In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Annie Polland

Public historian, author, and president of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Episode: Under the Tenement Rooftops: Immigrant and Migrant Families in New York

Jenny Romaine

Puppeteer and theater practitioner who helped run the Sound Archive

YIVO

Episode: The YIVO Sound Archive at 40: A Celebration

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Caleb Zakarin

CEO and Publisher of The New Books Network, engaged in promoting scholarly discussions and public education.

Rabbi Mark Katz

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 125 ratings

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How could you possibly conduct this interview without asking about - or the author raising- the NYTimes best selling book by Judy Batalion’s, Light of Days, which won countless awards including the National Jewish Book Award and which virtually covers the same material? So you just pretend it doesn’t exist?That is disingenuous and a real disservice to your readers.
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Zivia L
United States7 months ago
Excellent programming
Enjoy listening to all of the content, thank you. Please lower the volume of your advertisers. It can get pretty obnoxious and makes listening difficult.
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AlanaBog
United Statesa year ago
Wonderful subjects
I love the discussants and books chosen for this podcast and rarely skip an episode. They have taught me a lot. My only gripe is the non-engaged, non-sequitur, book report-like style of questioning of the interviewer. The questions are good but they break up the flow of the conversation, keeping it from being the deep discussion that could otherwise result from more carefully woven lines of questioning.
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United Kingdom2 years ago
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Wow! I just found this podcast and already bought a book. I have lots of episodes to listen to. Looking forward to it!
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United States2 years ago
Listen and Learn!
Whatever the topic is, I will listen to any and all hosted by Ari Barbalat!
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Talking Points

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Under the Tenement Rooftops: Immigrant and Migrant Families in New York

Q: Could you tell us more about HIAS and its role across the different waves of Jewish immigration?

HIAS began as a network helping Eastern European Jews settle in America, then shifted to rescue and resettle Jews fleeing persecution, and after World War II broadened to a wider refugee mandate, eventually helping refugees from various regions and continuing to adapt to new needs.

In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

Q: Let me begin with this question.

The speakers outline the complex chronology of the post-World War I era, from Bolshevik Revolution through the Polish-Soviet War, explaining how overlapping authorities and empires created environments for pogroms and how these events shaped Jewish political alignment and memory.

"My Heart is in the East": How Yiddish Speakers Moved to the East

Q: How did language choices evolve for Jews moving east, and what was the status of Yiddish there?

Jews brought Western Yiddish into Eastern Europe and maintained it in urban centers even as surrounding populations spoke Slavic languages; over time Yiddish persisted in cities as a common Jewish language across the east.

"My Heart is in the East": How Yiddish Speakers Moved to the East

Q: What years does this period cover for the early modern grain trade and migration to the East?

The growth of Polish grain exports ran roughly from 1500 to the 1650s, with a collapse in the 1630s–1640s, followed by shorter spans of expansion and adaptation as new markets developed.

Rachel Deblinger, "Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust" (Indiana UP, 2025)

Q: What role did media like radio play in shaping memory during that era?

Radio served as a primary channel to distribute survivor stories through live broadcasts and dramatized scripts, creating a dispersed but powerful way to reach many American households and normalize a particular memory of postwar relief and support.

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