April 29, 2024
Is Israel a “settler-colonial” state? The debate, explained. The historical discussion at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Derek Penslar, a history professor at Harvard University, writes in his book Zionism: An… READ MORE
March 21, 2024
Congratulations to the Jordan SchnitzerFirst Book Publication Award Winners! These awards are given to Association for Jewish Studies member authors who have secured publishing contracts but require subventions to ensure publication of… READ MORE
April 10, 2023
NONFICTION Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms Mark Welch – April 10, 2023 Seth Stern has a deeply personal connection to the story he tells about the Jewish… READ MORE
April 5, 2023
“Journalist Seth Stern tells this story in his fascinating new book, Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms…Speaking Yiddish to Chickens is much more than one man’s story… READ MORE
“I grew up Jewish on a chicken farm. This book gets it right…The beauty of Speaking Yiddish to Chickens lies in Stern’s skill at conveying the ups and downs of some 1,000… READ MORE
April 22, 2017
In this New York Times article, Cynthia Baker’s Jew provides the foundation for a deep-dive into the fraught cultural history of the word. From President Trump’s Easter address to Louis… READ MORE
March 6, 2017
Listen to David Gottlieb’s interview with Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Holocaust: An American Understanding, for the New Books in Jewish Studies podcast. From the podcast description: In her most… READ MORE
August 5, 2016
DRAWING ON THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE: DR. MAYA KATZ EXPLORES THE ROOTS OF SOVIET ANIMATION Larry Yudelson of the New Jersey Jewish Standard interviews Maya Balakirsky Katz about her new book Drawing… READ MORE
