Dr. Jeffrey Gurock - Conversations with Colleagues. [Podcast]

Abstract

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, talks with Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, senior adviser to the provost, about his book, Conversations with Colleagues: On Becoming an American Jewish Historian, where Dr. Gurock edited contributions by 16 historians of American Jewish life speaking about their intellectual journeys. In their discussion, they range over many subjects, from the migrations of the first cohort of Jews to the United States to the necessity for knowing about baseball in order to be an effective rabbi.