leibmanApr 61 minReview of the Art of the Jewish FamilyCheck out this lovely review of my new book by a scholar I admire so much, Jenna Weissman Joselit! https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/artic...
leibmanApr 42 minThe Art of the Jewish Family is now available on Kindle!In The Art of the Jewish Family, I examine five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in the years b...
leibmanApr 41 minThe Four Parts of the Academic ArgumentWhat sets apart college-level writing from the kind of research papers you did in High School? In this video you will learn about the fo...
Laura Arnold LeibmanApr 15, 20151 minTo Be A Mensch: A Tribute to Sacvan Bercovitch (1933-2014) [Religion in American History Blog Post]Although others have spoken at length about Saki's magnificent academic accomplishments and the extremely important way he shaped the fie...
Laura Arnold LeibmanApr 15, 20151 minMapping the Western Sephardic Diaspora in the Caribbean (Religion in American History Blog Post)Deep in the Surinamese jungle lies the ruins of what was once the prospering plantation town of Jodensavanne--Jew's Savanne. Just past t...
leibmanOct 15, 20141 minSpiritual Makeup: Religion and Cosmetics (Religion in American History Blog Post)For early Americans and Europeans alike, cosmetics carried spiritual and moral messages. In this post I look to three examples of the use...
leibmanOct 15, 20141 minWhen Women Don't Marry: Single Blessedness and the Shidduch Crisis (Religion in American History blo"Save our desperate daughters," proclaims the cover article in issue 521 of Mishpacha [family] magazine, an English-language, ultra-ortho...
leibmanSep 11, 20141 minFemale (Mis)Behavior, Class, and Religious Authority: Bath Attendants in Early America (Religion in What can baths tell us, then, about the everyday lives and challenges women faced in early America? In this post, I move beyond an archit...
leibmanSep 11, 20141 minVirtually Dead: Religion in the Age of the Internet (Religion in American History blog post)This past spring, I taught a digital humanities course on American Dead and Undead. The premise of the course was fairly simple: we shou...
leibmanJun 19, 20141 minJews and Judaism in the American World of “Difference” (Religion in American History blog post)Last week's American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) Biennial Scholars Conference on "Jews and Judaism in the American World of 'Differe...
leibmanMar 20, 20142 minSephardic Learning OnlineIn my recent post on religion and children's toys, I noted that orthodox Jews have taken advantage of and adapted technology. A great ex...
leibmanFeb 16, 20141 minReligion and Toys: Religion in American History Blog PostWhy is it that Christian Fundamentalists have had better kitsch than Charedi Jews? Will this always be the case? To answer this question,...
leibmanJan 15, 20141 minClothing and Religion: Religion in American History Blog PostDo you dress your religious beliefs? Some American religions (Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, to name a few) include doctrines about how pract...
leibmanOct 21, 20132 minThe Kabbalah Project: Kabbalah in Art & ArchitectureThe Kabbalah Project (#KabbalahProject) is meant as a creative response to Alexander Gorlin's book, Kabbalah in Art and Architecture. Ra...
leibmanOct 21, 20131 minKabbalah Project Theme 2: Heavenly Palaces and the Throne CharriotThe Kabbalah Project (#KabbalahProject) is meant as a creative response to Alexander Gorlin's book, Kabbalah in Art and Architecture. Th...
leibmanOct 16, 20131 minReligion in American History: Language, Media, Religion Mini-conferenceMy latest post on the Religion in American History Group Blog on a recent Language, Media, and Religion mini-conference and roundtable he...
leibmanOct 9, 20131 minEclectic low income housing by Dutch Jewish architect Michel de Klerk.Eclectic low-income housing by Dutch Jewish architect Michel de Klerk. Museum Het Schip, Amsterdam. See more images on twitpic. de Kler...
leibmanOct 8, 20131 minDutch Mikva'ot: 19th Century Mikveh at the Esnoga ComplexNotice how the color of the tiling in this 19th century mikveh mimics the beautiful color of the water below. This mikveh was added to t...
leibmanOct 7, 20131 minSigns of the Colonial Past: Stone Tablets on Amsterdam Canal HousesOne of the lovely elements of the older houses (and some newer) in the Old Canal Rings in Amsterdam is the use of stone tablets to identi...
leibmanOct 4, 20131 minWhy Gravestones? (Jewish Atlantic World Database)This webinar will introduce you to what kind of evidence gravestones provide and why scholars value them. This video is a companion to th...