Sandra Fox is the Robert S. Rifkind Chair in American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her research interests include American Jewish history, the history of youth and childhood, Yiddish culture, and the history of sexuality.
Sandra’s first book, The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America, was a finalist for the 2024 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies. Her book-in-progress is entitled “The Loss of a Single Jew”: Youth and Crisis in the American Jewish Century.
Before coming to JTS, Sandra was a Visiting Assistant Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, and the director of NYU’s Archive of the American Jewish Left in the Digital Age.
In addition to her research, Sandra is also a Yiddish cultural activist and content creator. She founded and produced the Yiddish-language podcast Vaybertaytsh: A Feminist Podcast in Yiddish, and serves on the editorial board of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies.
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