1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Shmuel Rosner and James Traub discuss his book: &quot;Judah Benjamin: Counselor to the Confederacy (Jewish Lives).&quot; &amp;nbsp; James Traub&amp;nbsp;(born 1954) is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer for&amp;nbsp;The New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998. From 1994 to 1997, he was a staff writer for&amp;nbsp;The New Yorker.[&amp;nbsp;He has also written for&amp;nbsp;The New York Review of Books,&amp;nbsp;The Atlantic Monthly,&amp;nbsp;National Review&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Foreign Affairs. He is a senior fellow at the&amp;nbsp;Center on International Cooperation&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;New York University&amp;nbsp;and also teaches at the university. &amp;nbsp; Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter. Rosner's Domain http://rosnersdomain.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20740475/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/112890560