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Endorsements | Reviews

'This series is now well established and vital to current Jewish historiography'
Albert H. Friedlander, European Judaism

'Readers are struck by the sheer weight of scholarship and by the quality of historical research represented . . . they will be struck even more by the freshness of approach many of the authors apply . . . a weighty, ineradicable presence in the continuing Polish Jewish history, as w ell as in the on-going social-scientific effort to comprehend the changing world in which we live.'
Zygmunt Bauman, Jewish Quarterly

'It is not often that one intends a review as an encomium. But this is exactly what Polin and its editorial team deserve. From its inception in 1987, these annual volumes have steadily grown in stature to become the receptacle of Polish-Jewish scholarship. Indeed, the most recent batch suggests a range and depth which is nothing short of encyclopedic . . . Not only do its essays confirm that the Polish-Jewish experience was enormously rich, but that the social, cultural, and political exchange which emanated from it across time and space remains enormously relevant to a much broader scope of ethnic, religious, and racial studies. Part of this achievement comes through a consciously tight structure and development of each Polin volume . . . Following Polin's regular design a section entitled "New Views" provides exactly that on any number of subjects . . . Polin's great strength is the way it continues to bring together in genuine and inclusive collaboration scholars not only from Oxford and Brandeis, Israel, North America, and Germany but also from Poland itself . . . and indeed now with the backing of the Polish government itself.'
Mark Levene, Journal of Jewish Studies

'Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry has contributed much to the study of Polish Jewry (including the importance of Yiddish scholarship and its sources) . . . the indispensable international scholars¹ forum in Polish-Jewish Studies.'
Carrie Friedman-Cohen, The Mendele Review: Yiddish Language & Literature

'The articles and reviews were remarkably objective . . . perhaps the most valuable source book on Polish-Jewish relations . . . I sincerely recommend it to all interested in the history of Poland.'
Eugene Kusielewicz, Polish-American Journal

Polin, established in 1986 by the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, has acquired a well-deserved reputation for publishing authoritative material on all aspects of Polish Jewry. Contributions are drawn from many disciplines-history, politics, religious studies, literature, linguistics, sociology, art, and architecture-and from a wide variety of viewpoints.

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Book and other reviews submitted to Polin are now published only on the website of the American Association for Polish–Jewish Studies at www.aapjs.org/reviews.shtml.

Endorsements | Reviews