"Five thousand years ago, a nomadic monotheist called Abram wandered out of the Sumerian city of Ur and headed to rural Canaan, inventing #Judaism and changing the world forever. Around 2,500 years ago a crypto-Jewish queen managed to save the #Jewish community from a genocidal vizier, prompting the celebration of #Purim — our most bacchanalian festival. Fifteen years ago, under the guidance of Dan Friedman, radical satiric firebrand Ian Fist founded the Backward to bring American Purim values to the Forward. He hired Rob Kutner from The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, thus revolutionizing online Jewish #journalism. Now Kutner has brought it all together in an irreverent #history The #Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting and Friedman spoke to him about it."
https://forward.com/culture/books/703555/the-jews-rob-kutner-five-thousand-years-and-counting/