Michael Hober­man is a pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish Stud­ies at Fitch­burg State Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author of A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary His­to­ry and New Israel/​New Eng­land: Jews and Puri­tans in Ear­ly Amer­i­ca and co-edi­tor of Jews in the Amer­i­c­as, 1776 – 1826, among oth­er titles. His writ­ings appear in Tablet Mag­a­zine and oth­er pop­u­lar and schol­ar­ly venues.