Michael Brodie
Temple University
Michael Brodie was born in Philadelphia in 1933. After graduating from Temple University Law School in 1957, he practiced labor law in the Philadelphia area and nationally for over 40 years. Since his 2002 retirement, he has been teaching at Temple University in the American Studies Program. His field as an instructor has been the history of radicalism in the United States.
Jewish Radicalism in the United States
Jewish and Israeli History
We will explore the origins and particularly the early development of a tradition of radicalism that uniquely developed in the immigrant community of Jews from the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe. Early Jewish socialism and what developed as a specifically Jewish labor movement will be emphasized in the course of the session, with fruitful discussion with participants.