(I am actively looking for employment opportunities. If you know of one that might be a good fit, please let me know.) Introduction: Map of Jewish Holiday Notices in Newspapers In my last post, I summarized why Jewish holidays would ever be announced in a newspaper in the United States, pre-1865, in a place like Wheeling, West Virginia or Olympia, […]
Jewish Holiday Notices in Newspapers – Part II
Jewish Holiday Notices in Newspapers – Part I
Why Jewish Holiday Announcements in the American Press (pre-1865)? (I am actively looking for employment opportunities. If you know of one that might be a good fit, please let me know.) Newspapers are somewhat of a fascination for me. Two summers ago, I worked on Ryan Cordell’s Viral Text project. I learned about and visualized how articles from newspapers […]