“diaspora nationalism”
Review
Models for Left Jewish Politics and Culture? On Benjamin Balthaser's New Cultural History
Zackary Sholem Berger
Balthaser’s book is rich with detail and personal stories, modest, even self-effacing in its presentation, but far-reaching in potential inspiration and implication. I hope the American Jewish left will see itself in the groups that he has ably documented.
Apr 17, 2026
Review
Review of Barry Trachtenberg's The Holocaust and the Exile of Yiddish: A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye
Samuel J. Spinner
The three decades of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye trace the fate of Yiddish diaspora nationalism before and after the Second World War and the genocide of Europe’s Jews.
Jan 23, 2024
Review
Review of Kenneth B. Moss’s An Unchosen People
Jolanta Mickutė
In this study of Jewish grassroots thinkers, Kenneth B. Moss offers an account of Jewish thought, culture, and choices in interwar Poland.
Apr 11, 2023
Interview
Diaspora Nationalism, Yiddish Contradiction: a conversation with Max Sparber
Dade Lemanski
Max Sparber talks Wikipedia, open sourcing, exile, and contemporary white nationalism in the context of the diaspora
Mar 12, 2017