Have you ever heard of Russian Jews seeking new life in Galveston, Texas, after the pogroms in Imperial Russia? Now you have.

Today we talk to Rachel Cockerell, whose ancestor was responsible for this movement, and whose first book on this subject, told entirely with the voice of primary sources, was voted The Times and The Sunday Times Book of the year. Let’s find out more…

Get Melting Point:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/rachel-cockerell/9781035408917 (UK)

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rachel-cockerell/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/9781035408917/ (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374609269/meltingpoint/ (USA)

Find Rachel:

https://www.rachelcockerell.co.uk/

https://www.ft.com/content/a815b1ed-61dc-4912-85f5-a1e385d34d69

https://www.thejc.com/life/i-definitely-feel-more-jewish-than-when-i-started-writing-the-book-v1v6dbv4

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/melting-point-rachel-cockerell-book-review

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/melting-point-book-cockerell-jewish-homeland-galveston-project-texas/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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