Linda Schloff is the Director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She was curator of a major exhibit funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities about the experience of Jewish women in the upper midwest and is the author of a companion book titled “And Prairie Dogs Weren’t Kosher”: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest Since 1855. Most recently she co-authored Jews in Minnesota. She is also an adjunct professor in Jewish Studies at the University of Minnesota.