(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
New Plans
I am pleased to announce that this summer I am a John B. Hurford ’60 Humanities Center Summer Research Fellow. A little bit more about the fellowship in general: “These competitive grants are designed to support thesis-related or otherwise substantive research projects, enabling students to spend the summer visiting archives, learning a language necessary to scholarship, or dedicating their time […]