Lila Corwin Berman

Lila Corwin Berman’s research focuses on the political history of the United States, including the history of Jewish philanthropy and Jewish urban politics. Her forthcoming book, Who Is American? Belonging and the Question of Jewish Citizenship (Princeton University Press), explores how categories of citizenship and rights changed over the course of the twentieth century and what this meant for Jewish belonging in the United States. Berman’s work draws attention to the ways Jews have defined, debated, and sought national membership in a variety of contexts. As a teacher, she prioritizes close and careful reading of primary sources and models a diversity of methods for understanding the meaning and lessons of the past.