Sam Shuman’s essay Of Mice and Hasidic Men: Reb Shayele as Populist Patron Saint in our latest issue opens new worlds of understanding at the juncture of faith, magic, and Haredi popular culture. The article unveils the remarkable story of an ultra-Orthodox figure known as Reb Shayele (né Yeshaya Steiner in 1851 near the Hungarian-Galician border).
Natalie Dohrmann (NBD): Uzi, tell us a bit about your broad scholarly interests, what drew you to them, and what especially excites you about them personally and/or intellectually.
Join us in celebrating three past fellows who won recognition for their books by the 2023 Jordan Schnitzer Book award committee of the AJS.
JQR 113.2 is now available, online and in print.
In this issue:
Jonathan Kaplan’s research note suggests that tannaitic legends about Serah, the long-lived daughter of the patriarch Asher, derive from much earlier tradition, likely Second Temple–era in origin.