Laura Newman Eckstein is the Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities at Penn Libraries. Laura is also currently a PhD candidate in the Penn history department. Her studies focus on the Jewish Press in the mid-nineteenth century with specific interests in business history, material culture, and digital humanities methodologies. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Laura worked as the Judaica Digital Humanities Coordinator at Penn Libraries, where she developed expertise in digital project design and computational methods for Jewish Studies. She has contributed to major initiatives, including Scribes of the Cairo Geniza and The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization. Laura specializes in integrating computational approaches into historical research, exploring how digital tools can deepen our understanding of Jewish history.