The Plunder with Dr. Daniel Unowsky

Welcome back to the Torah of Life podcast. Thanks for listening. This week's interview is with Dr. Daniel Unowsky, who teaches at the University of Memphis. Professor Unowsky's latest work, The Plunder, examines several months of anti-Jewish violence in Hapsburg in 1898. After protesting the Unite the Right rally in Washington, I was especially intrigued by the rise and fall of nationalist movements. When do they arise? Why do they happen? How do or should Jewish communities respond? What lessons can we learn from the terrible violence of 1898, and how can we use that learning to ensure a better 2018 and beyond?

For more information and to purchase copies of The Plunder, visit: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25946 or

https://www.amazon.com/Plunder-Anti-Jewish-Habsburg-Galicia-Stanford/dp/0804799822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534131337&sr=8-1&keywords=unowsky

To connect with Dr. Unowsky, or to see his other works, visit: http://www.memphis.edu/history/faculty/faculty/daniel-unowsky.php

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Many blessings,

Rabbi Ilan