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New Books in Jewish Studies

Marshall Poe
Holocaust
Jewish Identity
Jewish History
Judaism
Antisemitism
Zionism
World War II
YIVO Institute For Jewish Research
Rabbinic Literature
Israel
Anti-Semitism
Maimonides
Dreyfus Affair
Late Antiquity
Ethics
Feminism
Talmud
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
Memory

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Max Weinreich spent the entirety of his adult life building YIVO and the field of Yiddish Studies. A 'convert' to the cause of Yiddishism in his adolescence, he pursued a doctorate in German philology in Weimar Germany with the explicit goal of retur... more

Gentiles often appeared in the news sections of the London Yiddish press, and sometimes they also appeared in the regular “feuilleton” section in character sketches and fiction, stories and scenes from immigrant East-End Jewish life. Many of these po... more

Arguably the most popular book in the history of Yiddish literature, the Tsenerene (alternative Romanization: Ze’enah U-Re’enah) has been reprinted, both in Yiddish and in translation, 273 times since its appearance in the early seventeenth century. ... more

In 1897 when the Forverts was founded, the need for a Jewish newspaper—a Yiddish newspaper that is—was self-evident: millions of Yiddish speaking Jewish immigrants needed a reliable daily source of news in their own language. In the first few decades... more

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Recent Guests

Avi Blitz
Expert on Yiddish literature and Tsenerene, PhD in comparative literature
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Episode: The 'Tsenerene': The Most Popular Yiddish Book in History
Adam Louis-Klein
Anthropologist and scholar whose work sits at the intersection of political theory, Jewish studies, and the anthropology of ideology
Episode: Antizionism as a Distinct Anti-Jewish Bigotry with Adam Louis-Klein
Josh Lambert
Sophia Moses Robeson Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in English; Director of the Jewish Studies Program
Wellesley College
Episode: Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age
Stéphane Bou
Editor-in-Chief of K; veteran French media figure; academic speaker
K; École Normale Supérieure (lecturing); French media
Episode: European Jews in the 21st Century
Danny Trom
Executive Editor of Kay; senior researcher at the US USS in Paris; authority on French Jewish affairs
Kay; US USS in Paris
Episode: European Jews in the 21st Century
Macha Fogel
Kay columnist; teacher and translator of Yiddish; editor of essays
Kay magazine; Jewish school in Paris
Episode: European Jews in the 21st Century
Adrian Ciani
Author of Contesting Zion, The Vatican, American Catholics, and The Partition of Palestine
McGill-Queen's University Press
Episode: Adrian Ciani, "Contesting Zion: The Vatican, American Catholics, and the Partition of Palestine" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2025)
Frank Stahnisch
Professor of the History of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
Episode: Great Minds in Despair
Samantha Ellis
Author of Always Carry Salt
Pegasus Books
Episode: Samantha Ellis, "Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture" (Pegasus Books, 2026)

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Alex Weiser
Director of Public Programs at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; hosts discussions and lectures.

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 124 ratings
  • Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto

    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 States8 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.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    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
  • Great!

    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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    United States2 years ago

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Brook Wilensky-Lanford, "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026)
Q: What is the takeaway you want general readers to have about religion in America today?
That variety over conformity is the essence of religion in America, and understanding this nuance is essential for seeing how religion shapes culture, politics, and personal life without reducing faith to a single narrative.
Brook Wilensky-Lanford, "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026)
Q: What makes this book different from earlier surveys of American religious history?
It foregrounds ordinary people and lived experiences over big institutions, and it spans 500 years to show long arcs, including the rise of religious pluralism and the current moment of religious power in politics, while still engaging readers who are not religious.
Brook Wilensky-Lanford, "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026)
Q: How did your two different kinds of training shape the writing of this book?
The MFA trained me in narrative form and the PhD provided the content and critical approach; together they force me to aim for accessibility and audience while keeping rigorous historiography, and I learned to avoid declension or triumphalist storytelling by constantly testing for a more nuanced, people-centered arc.
Great Minds in Despair
Q: How did gender influence the trajectories of these scientists, particularly the women in your book?
Women in the cohort faced additional barriers but also showed leadership in areas like public health, social medicine, and education, with cases where female physicians led departments and center-building efforts despite relicensing and mobility challenges.
Great Minds in Despair
Q: Can you tell us a bit more about the structural barriers these emigres faced and how they overcame them?
The emigres confronted affidavits, quota systems, and financial hurdles, forcing many to relocate fields temporarily and seek relicensing or alternative roles, with some eventually creating new training programs and institutions to rebuild their careers in North America.

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What is New Books in Jewish Studies about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This channel features scholars discussing recently published research across Jewish studies, history, memory, archives, and related humanities topics. Episodes highlight books and projects on postwar displacement, Holocaust memory, immigrant histories, Yiddish language and culture, and archival preservation. A notable pattern is how debates between authors, historians, and curators illuminate the intersections of memory, culture, and public education, often pairing a book's arguments with archival or fieldwork insights. Listeners can expect rigorous scholarly conversation, access to primary-source context, and a strong emphasis on how history informs present-day identity, memory work, and cultural stewardship. The show frequently showcases ... more

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