{"id":22,"date":"2020-06-16T18:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore-new\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:47:00","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 26%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I published <em>Cityscapes: A History of New York in Images<\/em> (2001), I have become fascinated with urban photography, specifically pictures taken by New York Jewish photographers. In researching <em>Cityscapes<\/em>, I inadvertently discovered how many documentary photographers were Jewish, leading me to ask the question (also asked by others): why? And, how does it matter (if, indeed, it matters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After writing a number of articles (e.g. \u201cObservant Jews and the Photographic Arena of Looks\u201d with MacDonald Moore, and \u201cOn City Streets&#8221;), I have completed a book, <em>Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Mid-Century New York<\/em>, to be published by Cornell University Press in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-1121x1536.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-1494x2048.jpg 1494w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-700x960.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-520x713.jpg 520w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-360x493.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-250x343.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-100x137.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Cityscapes-cover-scan-1-scaled.jpg 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In 2015 I spoke about my research project:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LSA Judaic Studies: American Jewish Photographers\" width=\"910\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M90zhm6lzN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-resized\" style=\"grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-996x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-996x1024.png 996w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-768x790.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-700x720.png 700w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-520x535.png 520w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-360x370.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-250x257.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05-100x103.png 100w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1263\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-05-31-17.07.05.png 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My other major research is an editing project. I serve as editor in chief of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, an unprecedented collection curated by leading Jewish Studies scholars. Each volume includes excerpts from thousands of primary sources reflecting Jewish creativity, diversity, and culture world-wide. When completed the ten volumes will span biblical times to the 21st century. Many of these selections from original works are translated into English for the first time with the sacred and secular side by side.&nbsp; Currently, five volumes have been published by Yale University Press. They can also be explored on the Posen Digital Library at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.posenlibrary.com\">www.posenlibrary.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TITLES IN THE POSEN LIBRARY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Biblical Times to the Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volume 1<em>: Ancient Israel from Its Beginning through 332 BCE<\/em>, edited by Jeffrey H. Tigay and Adele Berlin *<br>Volume 2<em>: Emerging Judaism, 332 BCE\u2013600 CE<\/em>, edited by Carol Bakhos<br>Volume 3<em>: Encountering Christianity and Islam, 600\u20131200<\/em>, edited by Arnold E. Franklin<br>Volume 4<em>: Late Medieval Era, 1200\u20131500<\/em>, edited by Jonathan S. Ray<br>Volume 5<em>: Early Modern Era, 1500\u20131750<\/em>, edited by Yosef Kaplan**<br>Volume 6<em>: Confronting Modernity, 1750\u20131880<\/em>, edited by Elisheva Carlebach *<br>Volume 7<em>: National Renaissance and International Horizons, 1880\u20131918<\/em>, edited by Israel Bartal and Kenneth B. Moss**<br>Volume 8:<em> Crisis and Creativity between World Wars, 1918\u20131939<\/em>, edited by Todd M. Endelman and Zvi Gitelman *<br>Volume 9<em>: Catastrophe and Rebirth, 1939\u20131973<\/em>, edited by Samuel D. Kassow and David G. Roskies *<br>Volume 10<em>: Late Twentieth Century, 1973\u20132005<\/em>, edited by Deborah Dash Moore and Nurith Gertz *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*published<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-mivideo wp-block-embed-mivideo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jewish-Culture-YIVO-panel-17.5-mb\" id=\"kaltura_player\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/1038472\/sp\/103847200\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/46145191\/partner_id\/1038472?iframeembed=true&#038;playerId=kaltura_player&#038;entry_id=1_zbdwesv3&#038;flashvars[streamerType]=auto&#038;flashvars[localizationCode]=en_US&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left&#038;flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true&#038;flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical&#038;flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false&#038;flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder&#038;flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true&#038;flashvars[hotspots.plugin]=1&#038;flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true&#038;wid=1_ymw5e83t\" width=\"608\" height=\"402\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" frameborder=\"0\" mozAllowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In 2022, I was asked by Ben Shepherd to choose 5 best books on Jewish life in American cities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.com\/best-books\/jewish-lives-in-urban-america\">\u201cThe best books about Jewish lives in urban America\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I published Cityscapes: A History of New York in Images (2001), I have become fascinated with urban photography, specifically pictures taken by New York Jewish photographers. In researching Cityscapes, I inadvertently discovered how many documentary photographers were Jewish, leading me to ask the question (also asked by others): why? And, how does it matter&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/research\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/deborahdashmoore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}