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In Conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, Co-author of 'A Fortress in Brooklyn'
In Conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, Co-author of 'A Fortress in Brooklyn'
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Length:
83 minutes
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
I had the pleasure to talk to Nathaniel Deutsch about his new book on Hasidic Williamsburg.Nathaniel Deutsch is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he holds the Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies. He is the author of a number of books related to Hasidic history and culture, including The Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World, The Jewish Dark Continent: Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement, and most recently (with Michael Casper), A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg. He is currently developing The Minhag Project: A Crowdsourced Archive of Hasidic Customs.
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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