David Sorkin is Lucy G. Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University. He is the author of five books, most recently Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries. He received his B.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. at the University of California-Berkeley. He has held fellowships from the British Academy, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is currently writing a book entitled, The Creation of Modern Jewish Politics: The Campaign for Citizenship in Europe and the United States.