Adapting and Preserving: The Formation of an American Jewish Identity

Adapting and Preserving: The Formation of an American Jewish Identity

How has the Jewish community changed? What has contributed to the formation of an American Jewish community? This episode answers those questions and more, with interviews from Stephen Sugerman, Prof. Jonathan Sarna, Prof. Sol Gittleman, and Rabbi Toba Spitzer.  Music in this episode is produced by Blue Dot Sessions. Filing Away The Derricks Villano Vernouillet_1 Thurman's Grasp Color Country

An Era of Conflict: Boston Jews and Postwar Zionism

An evaluation of the Zionist movement in Boston as well as larger implications for the American Jewish population. Interviews with Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Jeremy Burton, Prof. Jonathan Sarna, and Prof. Sol Gittleman.  Music in this episode is produced by Blue Dot Sessions Filing Away Wahre Only Lonesome Turning  Valentis

On the Move: The First and Second Jewish Urban Exodus

An evaluation of the causes, effects and implications of the Jewish migration out of the city of Boston. Featuring interviews with Stephen Sugerman and Professor Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis University).  Includes references to The Death of An American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions, by Lawrence Harmon and Hillel Levine. Music in this episode is produced by Blue Dot Sessions.  Filing Away Gin Boheme Town Market Tendon November Mist Spot Peter

Cohesive Division: Institutional Development and Boston's Jewish Subcommunities

Lev Sugerman-Brozan examines the Jewish institutional development that occurred in Boston during the middle third of the twentieth century. Interviews with Professor Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis University), Professor Sol Gittleman (Tufts University), and Steve Sugerman. Music in this episode is produced by Blue Dot Sessions. Filing Away Welcome Home Sonny Cymbal Patter The Onyx Cocktail Gig Boston Landing Enders

From Kugel to Kreplach: The Jewish Food of Greater Boston

An overview of the history of Jewish food in Greater Boston and its importance to Jewish culture. Interviews with Stephen Sugerman, Carol Sugerman, and Professor Sol Gittleman (Tufts University).  Music in this episode is produced by Blue Dot Sessions Filing Away Ghost Byzantine Watermarks Homegrown