Sandra Fox

Robert S. Rifkind Chair in American Jewish history

Department: Jewish History

Phone: 212-678-8830

Building Room: Brush 622A

Office Hours: By Appointment

is the Robert S. Rifkind Chair in American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary.听Her research interests include American Jewish history, the history of youth and childhood, Yiddish culture, and the history of sexuality. Her first book,听听(Stanford University Press) addressed the experiences of youth in postwar Jewish summer camps and the place of intergenerational negotiation in the making of American Jewish culture. Her next book considers how changing conceptions of modern youth and childhood shaped American Jewish life. Sandra has published academic work in听Jewish Social Studies,听American听Jewish听History, and the听Journal听of the History of Childhood and Youth, and popular writing in the听New York Times,听Slate, and听Haaretz.

Previous to her joining 91快活林, Sandra was a visiting assistant professor of American Jewish History and director of the Archive of the American Jewish Left in the Digital Age at New York University. She听received her doctorate from New York University鈥檚 joint History and Hebrew Judaic Studies program in 2018, followed by postdoctoral fellowships at Ben Gurion University and Stanford University. She is the founder and executive producer of the Yiddish-language podcast听and serves on the editorial board of听In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies.