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New Books in Jewish Studies

New Books in Jewish Studies

Interview with Scholars of Judaism about their New Books

Marshall Poe · New Books Network

1,457 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Jewish Studies has been publishing since 2009, and across the 17 years since has built a catalogue of 1,457 episodes. That works out to over 1300 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 649th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 1h 6m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 69 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 237 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,457
Running
2009–2026 · 17y
Median length
55 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

May 13, 2026

The YIVO Sound Archive at 40: A Celebration

May 11, 20261h 3m

Ishay Rosen-Zvi, "How to Read Mishnah and Midrash: An Introduction to Early Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

May 11, 20261h 0m

Nazi-Looted Art and Archives: Recovering and Preserving Jewish Culture

May 10, 20261h 31m

Justin Michael Reed, "The Injustice of Noah's Curse" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 10, 202633 min

Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 9, 20261h 7m

Jewish Anarchist Women 1920–1950: The Politics of Sexuality

May 8, 2026

Antisemitism: What Everyone Needs To Know by David Harris

May 8, 202635 min

Yiddish: Biography of a Language

May 6, 2026

Aya Elyada, "A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938" (Stanford UP, 2026)

May 5, 202652 min

Aya Elyada, "A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938" (Stanford UP, 2026)

May 5, 202652 min

Roger Frie, "Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism and the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2024)

May 3, 20261h 3m

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, "Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1" (Koren Publishers, 2026)

May 3, 202625 min

Mostafa Hussein, "Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine" (Princeton UP, 2025)

May 1, 20261h 32m

The Lost World of African American Cantors 1915–1953

Apr 28, 2026

Gennady Estraikh, "The History of Birobidzhan: Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia" (Bloombury, 2023)

Apr 26, 20261h 0m

Josh Franklin, "Where Are You?: Finding Yourself in the Bible" (Wipf & Stock, 2026)

Apr 26, 202642 min

Yair Mintzker, "I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Apr 23, 202642 min

Craig Perry, "Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Apr 23, 202647 min

Am Yisrael High: The Story of Jews and Cannabis

Apr 20, 20261h 7m
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