Jonathan Sarna
University professor and historian specializing in American Jewish history, author of Lincoln and the Jews and other works; served as Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor emeritus at Brandeis University and chief historian at the Weizmann National Museum of American Jewish History.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 28min
The Rhymes of History with Professor Jonathan Sarna
Jonathan Sarna, Professor Emeritus of American Jewish History at Brandeis and author of American Judaism, joins to trace late 19th-century American antisemitism. He recounts exclusionary incidents like the Seligman affair and the rise of parallel Jewish institutions. Conversations cover shifts in Jewish identity, what ended that wave of prejudice, and the role of Israel and education in Jewish continuity.
Feb 28, 2026 • 49min
Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, "Lincoln and the Jews: A History" (NYU Press, 2025)
Jonathan Sarna, a historian of American Jewish life, discusses his book on Abraham Lincoln’s personal ties with Jewish Americans. He explores Lincoln’s real relationships with Jewish allies, biblical imagination, political language drawn from scripture, Jewish participation in Republican organizing, and surprising new documents that reshape how we see Lincoln’s world.
