Daniel B. Schwartz

Daniel B. Schwartz teaches history and Judaic studies at The George Washington University. He is the author of The First Modern Jew: Spinoza and the History of an Image (2012), which was co-winner of the Salo W. Baron Prize for best first book in Jewish studies and a National Jewish Book Award finalist, and most recently Spinoza's Challenge to Jewish Thought (2019) and Ghetto: The History of a Word (2019). He lives with his wife, three children, and dog in Washington, DC.