Laura Arnold Leibman

Laura Arnold Leibman is a historian and author. She has written several books including Once We Were Slaves: A Multiracial Jewish Family in Early America, The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects (2020), and Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (2012).

Career
As of 2024 Leibman is the Kenan Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College.