Biography

Dr. Ashton's areas of scholarly research include American Judaism, women and Judaism, and religious life in America. She is currently the Editor of the scholarly journal, American Jewish History. She has also coordinated the interdisciplinary program in American Studies. You can visit the homepage for American Studies here. She listens to all kinds of music, hates winter, loves summer and claims to find archives exciting.

Publications

• Dr. Ashton's most recent book is Hanukkah in America: A History (NewYork University Press, 2013)

• Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America (Wayne State University Press,1997)

• Jewish Life in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1998)

• Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality (Beacon Press, 1992), co-edited with Ellen Umansky. 

• Jewish Women's Spirituality