Jewish History Matters

Jewish History Matters

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Jewish History Matters features interviews, in-depth discussion, and coverage of new research, current topics, and enduring debates about Jewish history and culture. It aims to cultivate informed and engaging discourse about the Jewish past, present, and future rooted in cutting-edge developments from leading Jewish studies scholars. It highlights high-level discussion that grapples with deep and nuanced questions, underscoring the relevance of the animating issues of contemporary Jewish studies to wider academic, social, and political issues. Hosted by Jason Lustig.

Recent Episodes

  • 84: The First Aliyah and Historical Memory of Jewish Settlement in Israel/Palestine with Liora R. Halperin

    3 years ago
  • 83: Ethical Technology and the Holocaust with Deb Donig

    3 years ago
  • 82: The War in Ukraine and its Historical and Cultural Context with Amelia Glaser and Jeffrey Veidlinger

    3 years ago
  • 81: Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Contemporary Holocaust Debates with Victoria Aarons, Jenny Caplan, and Jodi Eichler-Levine

    3 years ago
  • 80: Jewish American Writing and World Literature with Saul Noam Zaritt

    3 years ago
  • 79: Palestine and the Power of the Archive with Gil Z. Hochberg

    3 years ago
  • 78: Jewish Primitivism with Samuel Spinner

    3 years ago
  • 77: Rabbi Leo Baeck with Michael A. Meyer

    3 years ago
  • 76: Iraqi Jewry and Its Global Diaspora with Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah

    3 years ago
  • 75: The Jews’ Indian and Global Settler Colonialism with David S. Koffman

    3 years ago