In his recent book, “A Cold War Exodus,” Shaul Kelner recounts the compelling stories of heroism that helped to free Soviet Jews. In this session, he will discuss how this activism—including within Jewish educational spaces—reshaped the Jewish American experience from the Johnson era through the Reagan-Bush years.
Hosted by professor Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University).
Shaul Kelner is associate professor of sociology and Jewish studies at Vanderbilt University and the program coordinator for the MCSJE Senior Fellows Program. He specializes in the sociology of contemporary Jewish experience. His research analyzes how culture and politics intersect to shape Jewish life. His first book, “Tours That Bind: Diaspora, Pilgrimage and Israeli Birthright Tours” (NYU Press), won the Association for Jewish Studies’ 2010 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore and was named Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association Culture Section’s 2011 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book.
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