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Congratulations to Jordan Katz, from LBI’s 2016/17 fellowship cohort, on the publication of his monograph Delivering Knowledge, which appeared in April 2026 with Stanford University Press. The book is based on her doctoral research on Jewish midwives in Early Modern Europe.
The study looks at the work of Jewish midwives and their place in early modern society. It brings together Jewish history, the history of medicine and gender history, and offers a clear account of an important but often overlooked subject.
This is a welcome publication and a fine example of the work supported by the LBI fellowship programme. It adds to our understanding of Jewish life in Europe and the kinds of knowledge women carried and passed on.
