Michael Scott Alexander (born 1970) is an associate professor and Maimonides Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies in the religious studies department of the
University of California, Riverside
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.
He attended the
University of Pennsylvania
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as an undergraduate and received his PhD in 1999 from
Yale University
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.
Published works
Books
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Articles
* “Frankfurter Among the Anarchists: ‘The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.’” ''Studies in Contemporary Jewry'' Vol. XVII. Edited by Eli Lederhendler. New York:
Oxford University Press
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, 2001: 175-191.
* “Exile and Alienation in America.” ''
American Jewish History
''American Jewish History'' is an academic journal and the official publication of the American Jewish Historical Society. The journal was established in 1892 and focuses on all aspects of the history of Jews in the United States. The journal was ...
'' 90(2) (June 2002): 165-171.
* “The Triumph of the Jewish Therapeutic.” ''
Reviews in American History
''Reviews in American History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1973 and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It publishes reviews of new books on the topic of American history, as well as retrospectives on ...
'' 33(2) (June 2005): 287-292.
* “The Meaning of American Jewish History.” ''
Jewish Quarterly Review
''The Jewish Quarterly Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering Jewish studies. It is published by the University of Pennsylvania Press on behalf of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies (University of Pen ...
'' 96(3) (Summer 2006): 423-432.
* “The Jewish Bookmaker: Gambling, Legitimacy, and the American Political Economy.” ''Studies in Contemporary Jewry'' Vol. XXIII. Edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, 54-69. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
* “Golda and the Court Jew: Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, and the Personas They Denied,” in ''Gender and Jewish History''. Editors: Marion A. Kaplan, Deborah Dash Moore. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2010: 320-335.