Melvin Konner

MELVIN KONNER, Ph.D., M.D., is the author of nine books and is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he teaches in the anthropology, human biology, and Jewish studies programs. He has written for the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Jewish Body, Part 5: The Warriors

Dr. Max Nordau, the apostle of muscle-Jewry, was also an avid Zionist and friend of…

The Jewish Body, Part 4: The Muscle-Jews

In the 1800s, Jews in Europe became a bit obsessed with Jewish "softness" and developed…

The Jewish Body, Part 3: The Nose Jobs

So, we know that Gentile men have long been drawn to exotic Jewish beauty, the…

Jewish Body Part 2: The Sex

Whatever we say about women and men being equal now and tomorrow – I have…

Jewish Body Part 1: The Circs

Melvin Konner is the author of The Jewish Body: An Anatomical History of the Jewish…