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Sabra Wald­fo­gel

Sabra Wald­fo­gel earned her B.A. inHis­to­ry from Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty and a Ph.D. inAmer­i­can His­to­ry from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Minnesota.She is cur­rent­ly writ­ing his­tor­i­cal fic­tion. Her nov­elSlave and Sis­ter, about a Jew­ish woman in Geor­giawho owns her slave half-sis­ter, was pub­lished ear­lierthis year.
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Essay

Dry Goods Mer­chant and Free­dom Fight­er: Samuel Fleish­man of Mar­i­an­na, FL

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about the Jews who lived in Mound Bay­ou. Her most recent book is Freedom’s Island, about an all-black Mis­sis­sip­pi town men­aced…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 9, 2015
Essay

The Jews of Mound Bayou

Sabra Wald­fo­gel writes his­tor­i­cal fic­tion about South­ern Jews and African Amer­i­cans in slav­ery and free­dom. Her most recent book, Freedom’s Island, about an all-black…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 6, 2015
Essay

Jews and Slav­ery: Isaac Car­do­zo and Lydia Weston

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most emi­nent Jews in Geor­gia in the nine­teenth cen­tu­ry, and Clara Solomon, a Jew­ish girl…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
August 1, 2014
Essay

Jews and Slav­ery: Clara Solomon and Lucy Lewis

Ear­li­er this week, Sabra Wald­fo­gel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most emi­nent Jews in Geor­gia in the nine­teenth cen­tu­ry. She has recent­ly pub­lished Slave and…
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
July 30, 2014
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Fic­tion
Free­dom’s Island
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
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Fic­tion
Slave and Sister
Sabra Wald­fo­gel
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Non­fic­tion
Pol­i­tics, Faith, and the Mak­ing of Amer­i­can Judaism
Peter Adams

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