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Alan Levenson holds the Schusterman/Josey Chair in Judaic History at the University of Oklahoma, where he is also a Regents Professor. He has written extensively on the Jewish experience for both scholarly and popular audiences, as reflected in his latest books: Maurice Samuel: Life and Letters of a Secular Jewish Contrarian (University of Alabama Press, 2022) and The History of Jews and Judaism: Facts and Fictions (Bloomsbury, 2025).