Advertisements in the historical Jewish press: an introduction

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1 For research on Jewish consumer culture in general or advertisements in Jewish press in particular, see for example: Heinze, Adapting to Abundance; Reuveni, Consumer Culture; Reuveni, Roemer (eds.). Longing, Belonging; Stein, Making Jews Modern.

2 The program of the workshop is available at: https://judaistyka.uni.wroc.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/advertisement-workshop-programme-2022.pdf (accessed October 18, 2023).

3 See Gil Ribak’s discussion of race and Yiddish theatre in America in Ribak, “My Mom Drank Ink”, Haim Sperber’s use of press announcements as a source for studying history of agunot (deserted wives) in Sperber, The Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives or Ayelet Brinn's discussion of advertisements in her study on gender and the making of the American Yiddish press, A Revolution in Type.

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Agnieszka Jagodzińska

Agnieszka Jagodzinska is an Associate Professor in the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław. Her academic interests focus on Jewish literature, culture and history in the context of Jewish-Polish contacts in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Agnieszka Jagodzińska has authored, edited or co-edited a number of publications related to acculturation and integration of Polish Jews, Jewish press and literature, Jewish universalism, conversion and Christian missions to the Jews, and translations.