Tag: Samuel Freedman

  • A Jewish-Asian Couple’s Union Leads to a Scholarly Interest in Intermarriage The New York Times 2012-06-15 Samuel G. Freedman, Professor of Journalism Columbia University, New York, New York One weekend night 15 years ago, a group of graduate students at the University of Chicago decided to interrupt their research long enough for a dinner party.…

  • Chronicling Mississippi’s ‘Church Mothers,’ and Getting to Know a Grandmother The New York Times 2014-08-29 Samuel G. Freedman, Professor of Journalism Columbia University, New York SUMNER, Miss. — Toward noon on a torrid Monday in the Mississippi Delta, Alysia Burton Steele drove down Highway 49, looking for the crossroads near the Old Antioch Baptist Church.…

  • Prayer, and Bug Juice, at a Summer Camp for Jews of Color The New York Times 2011-08-12 Samuel G. Freedman, Professor of Journalism Columbia University PETALUMA, Calif. — On Sabbath morning, as fog still hung over the valley, the campers walked past the Torrey pines and blackberry bushes toward the garden. There, several rows of…