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NBN Episodes hosted by Max:

Mariusz Kalczewiak, "Polacos in Argentina: Polish Jews, Interwar Migration, and the Emergence of Transatlantic Jewish Culture" (U Alabama Press, 2020)

June 25, 2021

Polacos in Argentina

Mariusz Kalczewiak
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Polacos in Argentina: Polish Jews, Interwar Migration, and the Emergence of Transatlantic Jewish Culture (University of Alabama Press, 2020), Dr. M…

David Slucki et al., "Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust" (Wayne State UP, 2020)

June 22, 2020

Laughter After

David Slucki et al.
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust  (Wayne State University Press, 2020), Co-editors David Slucki,  Loti Smorgon Associate Professor of Contem…

Brendan McGeever, "Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

May 15, 2020

Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution

Brendan McGeever
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Dr Brendan McGeever, Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of L…

Paul Hanebrink, "A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism" (Harvard UP, 2018)

March 16, 2020

A Specter Haunting Europe

Paul Hanebrink
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism (Harvard University Press, 2018), Paul Hanebrink, Professor of History and Jewish Studies a…

Marc Dollinger, "Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s" (Brandeis UP, 2018)

October 25, 2019

Black Power, Jewish Politics

Marc Dollinger
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s (Brandeis University Press, 2018), Professor Marc Dollinger who holds the Richa…

David Slucki, "Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons" (Wayne State UP, 2019)

July 23, 2019

Sing This at My Funeral

David Slucki
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons (Wayne State University Press, 2019), David Slucki, Assistant Professor in the Yaschik/Arnold…

Vivi Lachs, "Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London, 1884-1914" (Wayne State UP, 2018)

April 25, 2019

Whitechapel Noise

Vivi Lachs
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Whitechapel Noise: Jewish Immigrant Life in Yiddish Song and Verse, London, 1884-1914 (Wayne State University Press, 2018), Vivi Lachs, social and …

Aimée Israel-Pelletier, "On the Mediterranean and the Nile: The Jews of Egypt" (Indiana UP, 2017)

January 28, 2019

On the Mediterranean and the Nile

Aimée Israel-Pelletier
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In On the Mediterranean and the Nile: The Jews of Egypt (Indiana University Press, 2017), Aimée Israel-Pelletier, Professor and Head of French at the …

Michael Brenner, "A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society" (Indiana UP, 2018)

November 12, 2018

A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945

Michael Brenner
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society (Indiana University Press, 2018), edited by Michael Brenner, Professor of J…

Naomi Seidman, "The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell In Love With Love, And With Literature" (Stanford UP, 2016)

October 29, 2018

The Marriage Plot

Naomi Seidman
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell In Love With Love, And With Literature (Stanford University Press, 2016), Naomi Seidman, Chancellor Jackman Pr…

David E. Fishman, "The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis" (ForeEdge, 2017)

October 23, 2018

The Book Smugglers

David E. Fishman
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis (ForeEdge, 2017), David E. Fishman, Professor of Jewish …

Jay Geller, "Bestiarium Judaicum: Unnatural Histories of the Jews" (Fordham UP, 2017)

July 24, 2018

Bestiarium Judaicum

Jay Geller
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Bestiarium Judaicum: Unnatural Histories of the Jews (Fordham University Press, 2017), Jay Geller, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Culture at …

Mirjam Zadoff, "Werner Scholem: A German Life" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2018)

July 23, 2018

Werner Scholem

Mirjam Zadoff
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Werner Scholem: A German Life (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018), Mirjam Zadoff, Director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History …

Ruth von Bernuth, "How the Wise Men Got to Chelm: The Life and Times of a Yiddish Folk Tradition" (NYU Press, 2017)

April 2, 2018

How the Wise Men Got to Chelm

Ruth von Bernuth
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In How the Wise Men Got to Chelm: The Life and Times of a Yiddish Folk Tradition (New York University Press, 2017), Ruth von Bernuth, Associate Profes…

Vivian Liska, "German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife: A Tenuous Legacy" (Indiana UP, 2016)

March 9, 2018

German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife

Vivian Liska
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife: A Tenuous Legacy (Indiana University Press, 2016), Vivian Liska, Professor of German Literature and Direct…

Jack Jacobs, ed. "Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Antisemitism, and Gender" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

December 18, 2017

Jews and Leftist Politics

Jack Jacobs, ed.
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Antisemitism and Gender (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Jack Jacobs, Professor of Political Science…

Ronnie Perelis, "Narratives from the Sephardic Atlantic: Blood and Faith" (Indiana UP, 2016)

October 18, 2017

Narratives from the Sephardic Atlantic

Ronnie Perelis
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Narratives from the Sephardic Atlantic: Blood and Faith (Indiana University Press, 2016), Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena …

Rachel Seelig, "Strangers in Berlin: Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919-1933" (U Michigan Press, 2016)

September 25, 2017

Strangers in Berlin

Rachel Seelig
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Strangers in Berlin: Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919-1933 (University of Michigan Press, 2016), Rachel Seelig, Visiting Schola…

Maurice Samuels, "The Right to Difference: French Universalism and the Jews" (U Chicago Press, 2016)

August 14, 2017

The Right to Difference

Maurice Samuels
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In The Right To Difference: French Universalism and the Jews (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Maurice Samuels, Betty Jane Anylan Professor of Fren…

Gerben Zaagsma, "Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017)

July 24, 2017

Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War

Gerben Zaagsma
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), Gerben Zaagsma, Senior researcher at the centr…

Andrew Sloin, "The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia: Economy, Race, and Bolshevik Power" (Indiana UP, 2017)

June 19, 2017

The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia

Andrew Sloin
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia: Economy, Race, and Bolshevik Power (Indian University Press, 2017), Andrew Sloin, Assistant Professor of Histo…

Nir Baram, "A Land Without Borders: My Journey Around East Jerusalem and the West Bank" (Text Publishing Company, 2017)

May 30, 2017

A Land Without Borders

Nir Baram
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In A Land Without Borders: My Journey Around East Jerusalem and the West Bank (Text Publishing Company, 2017), Nir Baram, award winning author and jou…

Amir Engel, "Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography" (U Chicago Press, 2017)

May 15, 2017

Gershom Scholem

Amir Engel
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography (University of Chicago Press, 2017) , Amir Engel, a lecturer in the German Department at the Hebrew Univ…

Leonard Barkan, "Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First Century Companion" (U Chicago Press, 2016)

May 8, 2017

Berlin for Jews

Leonard Barkan
Hosted by Max Kaiser

In Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First Century Companion (University of Chicago Press, 2016), Leonard Barkan, the class of 1943 University Professor at Pr…