3.23.21 Epidemics and Other Disasters

• Elissa Bemporad, Julia Phillips Cohen and Ari Y. Kelman, “Jewish Studies in Times of Crisis,” Jewish Social Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (pp. 5-19)
• Early American Jews & Yellow Fever: One Family’s Story
• Grace Mendes Seixas Nathan, Poems on Yellow Fever (1805, 1829)
• Also pick one article from Jewish Social Studies, vol. 26, no. 1
• Padlet: https://padlet.com/leibman/rrjks632r854b9g1

PRECIS: Groups 1, 2, 3, & 4. Using one of the JSS articles (not including the introduction or reviews) write a 1-2 page (double spaced) analysis of the article. Your review MUST include both a short paragraph summarizing the argument of the article and a long paragraph discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the argument. Worksheet.