Jonathan Karp

Jonathan Karp is an associate professor of Judaic studies and history at Binghamton University (SUNY). From 2010-2013, he served as executive director of the American Jewish Historical Society. He is the author of The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638-1848 , and has coedited five volumes on a wide array of topics, including The Cambridge History of Judaism in the Early Modern World and World War I and the Jews . His forthcoming book looks at how...See more

Jonathan Karp is an associate professor of Judaic studies and history at Binghamton University (SUNY). From 2010-2013, he served as executive director of the American Jewish Historical Society. He is the author of The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638-1848 , and has coedited five volumes on a wide array of topics, including The Cambridge History of Judaism in the Early Modern World and World War I and the Jews . His forthcoming book looks at how Blacks and Jews together transformed American popular music. See less