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Author Noam Sienna unveils a vast Sephardic world created by these books. This literary network transcended geographical boundaries, connecting Jewish communities from Fez and Tunis to Salonica, Jerusalem, and Livorno. By examining cultural centers a... more

As migration carried Yiddish to several continents during the long twentieth century, an increasingly global community of speakers and readers clung to Jewish heritage while striving to help their children make sense of their lives as Jews in the mod... more

Ecclesiastes has long been viewed as the great existential work of the Hebrew Bible, containing the famous cry "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." As part of a search for enduring meaning, it questions the nature of work, mortality, happiness, justi... more

In this episode Drora Arussy speaks with historian Adam S. Ferziger about his latest book, Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism (New York University Press, 2025). Ferziger, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and o... more

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Recent Guests

Noam Sienna
A scholar of Jewish culture in the medieval and early modern Islamic worlds.
Rutgers University
Episode: Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Between the Early Modern and Modern Worlds" (Indiana UP, 2025)
Miriam Udel
Associate professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University
Emory University
Episode: Miriam Udel, "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Erica Brown
Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and founding director of the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership.
Yeshiva University
Episode: Erica Brown, "Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning" (Maggid, 2023)
Richard Bradford
Author of Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer
Bloomsbury
Episode: Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Andrew Porwancher
Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of several books.
Princeton University Press
Episode: Andrew Porwancher, "American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Lisa Silverman
Professor of History and Jewish Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Episode: Lisa Silverman, "The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity After the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Daniel M. Herskowitz
Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University and author of 'The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig'
Duke University
Episode: Daniel M. Herskowitz, "The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig" (Liverpool UP, 2025)
Anna Hájková
Professor of Modern Continental European History and Director of the European History Research Center at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
Episode: Anna Hájková, "People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
Douglas Morris
Criminal defense lawyer and independent legal historian
Federal Defenders of New York
Episode: Douglas Morris, "Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

Hosts

Jane Scimeca
Professor of History at Brookdale Community College and host focused on history and Jewish studies.
Miranda
Host of New Books in Jewish Studies, involved in discussions around Jewish literature and philosophy.
Ari Barbalat
Host known for integrating themes of Jewish culture and contemporary issues in discussions with authors.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 119 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 States2 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 States8 months 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 Kingdoma year 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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    5
    Awesome driving hind
    United Statesa year ago
  • Listen and Learn!

    Whatever the topic is, I will listen to any and all hosted by Ari Barbalat!

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    littlegale
    United Statesa year ago

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Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Between the Early Modern and Modern Worlds" (Indiana UP, 2025)
Q: What does this study that focuses on Sephardic history help us understand about books in general?
Sienna emphasizes the importance of examining Sephardic studies and Jewish history through the lens of book history, revealing new insights.
Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Between the Early Modern and Modern Worlds" (Indiana UP, 2025)
Q: So tell us who you are and how you got to this project?
Noam Sienna shares his background in a bookish family and how this influenced his path towards studying the history of Jewish books.
Miriam Udel, "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: How did Yiddish children's literature respond to the Holocaust?
Yiddish children's literature helped children in the Americas process the trauma of the Holocaust, through direct representations and historical fiction that addressed themes of violence and loss.
Miriam Udel, "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: What do you think these authors were trying to signify by this idea of embracing Shabbos, of stopping work or adventures in order to observe the religious strictures of the Sabbath?
For these authors, embracing Shabbos symbolized resistance to capitalist pressures and an affirmation of Jewish identity, even within a secular framework.
Miriam Udel, "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: Could you tell us a little bit about your background and what attracted you to this project?
Miriam Udel shared that her scholarly work on Yiddish literature began with an inquiry into whether Yiddish children's literature ever existed, leading her to explore this topic for over a decade.

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