Professor Glenn Dynner is a scholar of East European Jewry, with a focus on Hasidism and the Haskalah, Polish-Jewish relations, Jewish economic history, and popular religion. He is the author of "Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society" (a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award) and "Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor and Life in the Kingdom of Poland."