Glenn Dynner, Ph.D.

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Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College. BA, Brandeis University. MA, McGill University. PhD, Brandeis University. Scholar of East European Jewry with a focus on the social history of Hasidism and the Haskalah. Author of the book Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society (Koret Publication Award; finalist for the National Jewish Book Award); and Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor and Life in the Kingdom of Poland. Interests include Polish-Jewish relations, Jewish economic history, and popular religion. Recipient of the Fulbright Award. Member  (2009) of Katz Center, University of Pennsylvania; and (2010-11) Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University; Senior NEH Fellow at the Center for Jewish History.
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Now available in paperback: Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland

Books

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Yankel's Tavern: 
Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland 


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Holy Dissent: Jewish and Christian Mystics in Eastern Europe

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Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society 

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Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Volume 27: Jews in the Kingdom of Poland, 1815-1914

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Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis: Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Professor Antony Polonsky (May 2015)


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 NRP Interview Policing the language of the Holocaust in Poland (8/22/16)

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East European Jewish Affairs Review of Yankel's Tavern (5/13/16)

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Canadian Jewish News Review of Yankel's Tavern (3/31/15)

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European Quarterly's Review of Yankel's Tavern (1/27/2015)

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AJS Review of Yankel's Tavern
(November 2014)

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For Centuries, Jews Ruled Poland’s Liquor Trade. Why Was That Legacy Forgotten? (3/11/2014)

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​Jews and Booze in the Kingdom of Poland (12/6/2013)

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The Jewish Tavern as Part of the Polish Landscape: Interview with Glenn Dynner (4/4/2014)

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Poland's Jewish Problem: Vodka? 
(Fall 2014)

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London Times Review of Yankel's Tavern (7/30/2014)

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The wind that shook the barley for Polish-Jewish spirit makers (4/14/2014)

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Q&A: Glenn Dynner on Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland (3/12/2014)


Contact

Email: [email protected]
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View Professor Dynner's research on Academia.edu

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