Awards

Southern Jewish Historical Society Quadrennial Book Prize, 2019 (for the most significant book on Southern Jewish history published during the previous four years)
On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore

Baltimore City Historical Society Historian/Scholar Honoree, 2019

National Jewish Book Award American Jewish Studies “Celebrate 350” Finalist, 2018 On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore

Baltimore City Historical Society Joseph Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History, 2014
“Insiders and Outsiders: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Baltimore during the Interwar Era”

Baltimore City Historical Society Joseph Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History, 2009
“Pivot in Perception: The Impact of the 1968 Riots on Three Baltimore Business Districts”

American Association of Museums Gold MUSE Award for Best Video, 2008
Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore’s German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1945

Southern Jewish Historical Society Quadrennial Book Prize, 2007
(for the most significant book on Southern Jewish history published during the previous four years)
Coalfield Jews: An Appalachian History