Ted Merwin, Ph.D is a professor, writer, journalist and noted public speaker. He is the author of In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture.
He is also the author of a forthcoming book on the history of the Jewish delicatessen, Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli.
For a podcast of one of Ted's lectures on the history of the deli, from an appearance at UCLA, please visit deli lecture
For a video clip from one of Ted's lectures on the Jewishness of Seinfeld, please visit Seinfeld lecture
Ted has published scholarly articles in Dance Chronicle, The Journal of American Ethnic History, Cultural & Social History, and many other academic journals.
Ted's articles on Jewish culture have also appeared in the New York Times (Arts&Leisure), Washington Post, Moment, Hadassah, and many other newspapers and magazines.
For the last eleven years, Ted has written a weekly theater column for the New York Jewish Week, the largest-circulation Jewish newspaper in the nation. He has published close to 500 columns to date.
Ted teaches religion & Judaic studies at Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA), where he also directs the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life. He lives in Harrisburg, PA (3 hours from NYC; 2 hours from Philly and D.C.) with his wife and three daughters.
Judging at Kosherfest, the nation's largest kosher food trade show, along with cookbook author Rabbi Gil Marks and food blogger Roberta Scher. Winning chef was Avram Wiseman from the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts in Brooklyn, NY.
