Episode 154: Brad Kolodny and the Jews of Long Island

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Brad Kolodny returns to the podcast to update us on what he's been doing during the intervening thirty episodes. Turns out he's got a new book and a new historical society.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><em>The Jews of Long Island</em> (SUNY Press) is out now and in it, Brad documents the personal and communal stories of Jews on Long Island from the l8th through the early 20th centuries, uncovering a cast of thousands from itinerant peddlers to early baseball players to vacationing vaudevillians.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>Further Research:</strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Jews-of-Long-Island" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>The Jews of Long Island</em></a> <ul> <li><a href= "https://synagogueslongisland.wixsite.com/synagoguesofli" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Upcoming events</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.jhsli.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Jewish Historical Society of Long Island</a></li> <li>Audio Footnotes: <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/the-synagogues-of-long-island/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Synagogues of Long Island</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/the-jewish-community-on-long-island/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Jewish Community on Long Island</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/the-soldier-city-of-suffolk-county/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Soldier City of Suffolk County</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p>