I recently read Lehmann’s “Emissaries from the Holy Land” on Ton Tielen‘s recommendation. (Or more accurately I read it like 10 pages at a time over 30 Shabbat afternoons since I have small kids.) Required reading for anyone interested in the topic of Jews and modernity, especially since Lehmann underscores the role of Sephardim in that process. I’d give it a 9/10. Buyer beware: Lehmann takes shots at several received truths of communal memory and prior historians. Must be open to that or you won’t like the book.