Ear­li­er this week, Adam D. Mendel­sohn wrote about the thrill of find­ing an inter­est­ing lead while con­duct­ing research. His most recent book, The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed…

Adam D. Mendel­sohn is Direc­tor of the Pearlstine/​Lipov Cen­ter for South­ern Jew­ish Cul­ture and Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish Stud­ies at the Col­lege of Charleston. His…