Conversations with Colleagues

“This well-written and engaging book includes essays by sixteen leadingJewish historians including Hasia Diner, Stephen Whitfield, and Jonathan Sarna.… the engaging essays in this excellent book demonstrate that the discipline ofJewish American History has truly arrived. Recommended for all libraries,especially those with interests in American Jewish history, American history ingeneral, and Jewish studies.” —David B. Levy, Lander College for Women, AJLReviews May/June 2019

• Introduction: A Community of Scholars Who Grew a FieldJeffrey S. GurockChapter 1—Finding My Way: Uniting American Jewish Women's History and U.S. Women's HistoryJoyce AntlerChapter 2—Reconstructing American Jewish Historical StudiesDianne AshtonChapter 3—A Meandering and Surprising CareerMark K. BaumanChapter 4—How I Became an American Jewish Historian and What That Meant For My Professional LifeHasia DinerChapter 5—A Scholar-Athlete’s Discovery of American Jewish HistoryJeffrey S. GurockChapter 6—Object LessonsJenna Weissman JoselitChapter 7—How I Learned to Call America “the States” and Became an American Jewish HistorianEli LederhendlerChapter 8—Sidewalk Histories or Uncovering the Venacular Jewishness of New York CityDeborah Dash MooreChapter 9—Becoming an “All-of-a-Kind” Jewish HistorianPamela S. NadellChapter 10—Joining Historians as an Anthropologist at the Table of American Jewish CultureRiv–Ellen PrellChapter 11—My Life in American Jewish HistoryJonathan D. SarnaChapter 12—From Kremenets to New York: My Personal Journeys as a HistorianShuly Rubin SchwartzChapter 13—Finding My Place in “the Great Tradition”Gerald SorinChapter 14—Peripatetic JourneysBeth S. WengerChapter 15—The Past from the PeripheryStephen J. WhitfieldChapter 16—On Rabbis, Doctors and the American Jewish ExperienceGary Phillip Zola