New Books in Jewish Studies

Marshall Poe

Holocaust

Antisemitism

Jewish Identity

Zionism

Jewish History

Yiddish

YIVO Institute For Jewish Research

Judaism

Israel

Dreyfus Affair

Anti-Semitism

Talmud

Ethics

Alfred Dreyfus

Yiddish New York

Postwar Antisemitism

Covid-19

Ancient Jewish Food

Late Antiquity

Jewish Women In Early Modern Europe

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Drora interviewed Dr. Eveyln Maria Dean-Olmsted about her book, Coming of Age as Syrian Jewish Mexicans: The Pragmatics of Diaspora (Brill, 2025), published by Brill in 2026. Dr. Dean-Olmsted is a linguistic anthropologist who lived with the Jewish c... more

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The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel - Bereshit Volume 1: The Beginning with Jordan B Gorfinkel (Koren Publishers, 2026)

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The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art with Katrin Kogman-Appel (Bodleian Library, 2023)

Katrin Kogman-Appel is a professor of Medieval Jewish history with research focusing on book culture, readers, and reading practices in medieval Europe and beyond. In The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art (Bodleian Library, 2023) she ... more

15 Oct 2026 • 42 min

Poles and Jews: A Call for Myth Reconstruction with Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

Nationalism’s global resurgence has upended societies. With the rise of the Polish nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, and American Jewry’s swift reaction to its law punishing people who allege Polish complicity in Holocaust crimes, both sides h... more

14 Oct 2026 • 34 min

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Katrin Kogman-Appel

Professor of Medieval Jewish Studies and co-author/editor of The Kennicott Bible

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / Bodleian Library Publishing

Episode: The Kennicott Bible: A Masterpiece of Jewish Book Art with Katrin Kogman-Appel (Bodleian Library, 2023)

Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal

Independent researcher of Polish-Jewish relations with a background in Judaic and Holocaust studies

Episode: Poles and Jews: A Call for Myth Reconstruction with Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

Giuseppe Motta

Associate Professor of History of International Relations

Sapienza University of Rome

Episode: Giuseppe Motta, "Jewish Refugees and the International Community Between the Two World Wars: Beyond the State" (Routledge, 2026)

Anthony Julius

Author of Abraham, The First Jew

Author

Episode: Anthony Julius, "Abraham: The First Jew" (Yale UP, 2025)

Joseph Rosenstein

Author of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Father, The Big Picture

Rutgers University (Emeritus); author

Episode: Joseph G. Rosenstein, "Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers): The Big Picture" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

Daniela Gerson

Author of The Wanderers, journalist and professor

Episode: Daniela Gerson, "The Wanderers: A Story of Exile, Survival, and Unexpected Love in the Shadow of World War II" (Grand Central Publishing, 2026)

Kenneth Moss

Author of An Unchosen People; Harriet and Ulrich Niedmeier Professor of Jewish History, University of Chicago

University of Chicago

Episode: An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland

Steven Zipperstein

Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish History and Culture

Stanford University

Episode: An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland

Agnes Mueller

Author of Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literature

Cambridge University Press

Episode: Agnes Mueller, "Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literatures" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

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Kurik Stanojević

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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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Excellent programming
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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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Poles and Jews: A Call for Myth Reconstruction with Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

Q: What does placing Polish and Jewish histories of suffering during the Second World War alongside one another allow us to see, and how do these chapters contribute to a call for myth reconstruction?

Stark-Blumenthal says both Poles and Jews were victimized under Nazi and Soviet occupations, and both communities' pain deserves recognition. Putting their histories side by side challenges each group's claim to being the most victimized and encourages them to validate one another's experiences without equating them.

Poles and Jews: A Call for Myth Reconstruction with Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

Q: How did the trope of the Jewish middlemen develop, and how did it shape Jewish understandings of themselves, Polish understandings of Jews, and both groups' conceptions of collective suffering?

The Catholic Church condemned interest-based lending and trade, so Polish rulers and nobility relied on Jews for financial and commercial roles, including collecting rents, taxes, and tolls and managing taverns and markets. Those roles made Jews economically useful but also exposed them to resentment. Stark-Blumenthal connects that history to later misunderstandings of how Jews and Poles experienced violence and collective suffering.

Musical Pripetshik: Lyrics and Melodies of Traditional Yiddish Folksongs

Q: Was the tradition of singing unrequited love always directed to another person or could it be directed to God?

Most love songs are directed toward human love and are typically sung by a female speaker, but there are notable paraphrases where secular love is reframed as longing for the divine (Shkhinah), showing how boundaries between secular and religious repertoires could be crossed.

Anthony Julius, "Abraham: The First Jew" (Yale UP, 2025)

Q: What did you discover about the two lives of Abraham as you structured the book?

I found that organizing the life into two periods—one of critical inquiry and another of faith—allowed me to reveal how Abraham embodies the tension between questioning and worship, a tension intrinsic to Jewish life.

Joseph G. Rosenstein, "Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers): The Big Picture" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

Q: And rather than me give a long introduction, I'm wondering, Dr. Rosenstein, if you can introduce yourself to everyone and tell us a little bit about why you wrote this book.

The professor explains his long career as a mathematician and a lifelong interest in Jewish texts, detailing his previous Siddur and Machzor publications and describing how a community class during 2019–2020 inspired notes that evolved into the expanded book focusing on the big-picture themes of Pirkei Avot.

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A scholarly interview series that features academics discussing recently published work in Jewish studies, often pairing historians, linguists, and theologians with fellow experts to unpack historical events, memory, language, and culture. Episodes frequently center on archival research, memory studies, religious law, and the evolution of Jewish communities across time and geography. A notable strength is the breadth of topics—from Hasidism and Holocaust memory to biblical reception and pedagogy in Jewish studies—delivered through in-depth conversations that weave primary sources, historiography, and methodological insights. The show stands out for its rigorous academic tone, diverse range of specialties, and its emphasis on open-access tea... more

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