Judah Cohen

2 months ago | ajhs.org | Judah Cohen |Jessica Cooperman |Marni Davis |Muhlenberg College

Dear American Jewish History Friends,Volume 108 #1 is out: and for those of you who find comfort in the past, we’re pleased to warp you to January 2024 for three new essays and a spate of new reviews. Will we ever catch up? Who knows: but at this rate it appears our journal provides an alternate uncertain future that foreshadows AND backshadows, rendering time a mere construct. Think about that a moment. Then look at our cover image: a stereoscope of a women’s medical exam at Ellis Island.

Oct 26, 2024 | nature.com | Judah Cohen

AbstractThe Arctic Oscillation (AO) has been observed to undergo distinct decadal structural fluctuations that significantly influence regional weather and climate. Understanding the drivers and mechanisms behind the AO’s spatial nonstationarity is critical for improving climate predictions related to the AO. We present evidence that the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) plays a pivotal role in modulating AO’s Pacific center in recent decades.

Oct 2, 2024 | nature.com | Judah Cohen |Jennifer Francis

AbstractWe have extended a recently developed metric that ingests United States station data—the accumulated winter season severity index—to a global indicator based on temperature and snowfall from reanalysis output. The expanded index is analyzed to reveal relationships between Arctic air temperatures/pressures and the probability of severe winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes.

Jun 18, 2024 | ajhs.org | Judah Cohen |Jessica Cooperman |Marni Davis |Muhlenberg College

Dearest AJH Reader,Breathe. It’s summer. We’ll wait. …Welcome back. Perhaps you’re just returned from the AJHS Biennial, refreshed and inspired by the latest ideas in American Jewish history scholarship. Perhaps you’re thinking about what to read first in that stack of (virtual?) materials you’ve been setting aside for months. We hope you place the latest issue of American Jewish History, featuring George Washington and his steed on the front cover, near the top. Why? It will bring back memories.

Mar 27, 2024 | ajhs.org | Judah Cohen |Jessica Cooperman |Marni Davis |Muhlenberg College

Dear AJH Readers,A young Seattle couple, enjoying a hookah in their verdant yard, invites you through the cover of our just-out, themed double issue on Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in the Americas.