Topical List of Speakers

Alphabetical List of Speakers and Their Topics

Geographical List of Speakers and Their Topics

Aliyah, American

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

American Jewish Culture and Identity

LEON A. JICK
Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington D.C.

LANCE J. SUSSMAN
Associate Professor of American Jewish History, State University of New York, Binghamton

SHELLY TENENBAUM
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester MA

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

LEE SHAI WEISSBACH
Professor of History, University of Louisville, Louisville KY

American Jewish Historical Society

ELLEN SMITH
Curator, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

American Jewish History: Its Interpretation

MICHAEL FELDBERG
Executive Director, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA

EDWARD S. SHAPIRO
Professor of History, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

American Jewry and the 21st Century

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College of City University of New York

MONTY NOAM PENKOWER
Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College, New York City

JONATHAN D. SARNA
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

American Judaism

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College of City University of New York

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

JONATHAN D. SARNA
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

LANCE J. SUSSMAN
Associate Professor of American Jewish History, State University of New York, Binghamton

Antisemitism

HASIA DINER
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University

LEONARD DINNERSTEIN
Professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, Tuscon

RHODA G. LEWIN
Historian of Holocaust and Jewish Immigrant History, Minneapolis, MN

JONATHAN D. SARNA
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Archives and Records Management

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

COL. SEYMOUR J. POMRENZE
Consultant in Records Management and Archives; Archivist of the US Army (Retired); and Distinguished Professor in Records Management, The American University (Retired)

Art and Artifacts

ELLEN SMITH
Curator, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Ben-Gurion, David

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Blacks and Jews

HASIA DINER
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University

LEONARD DINNERSTEIN
Professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, Tuscon

ELI FABER
Professor, John Jay College, City University of New York

MICHAEL FELDBERG
Executive Director, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

MURRAY FRIEDMAN
Director, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
Professor of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Boston, Jews of

ELLEN SMITH
Curator, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

BERNARD WAX
Director Emeritus, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Brandeis, Louis D.

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Brownsville, Brooklyn, Jews of

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

Christians and Jews

MURRAY FRIEDMAN
Director, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

ELLEN SMITH
Curator, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Church and State

MURRAY FRIEDMAN
Director, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Colonial American Jewry

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

ELI FABER
Professor, John Jay College, City University of New York

ELLEN SMITH
Curator, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

BERNARD WAX
Director Emeritus, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Colorado Jewish History

JEANNE ABRAMS
Director, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives, University of Denver

Community, American-Jewish

MURRAY FRIEDMAN
Director, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Conservative Judaism

BETH S. WENGER
History Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Contemporary American Jewish History

EDWARD S. SHAPIRO
Professor of History, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

(Great) Depression, Jews and the

BETH S. WENGER
History Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Displaced Persons

LEONARD DINNERSTEIN
Professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, Tuscon

Dutch Jews

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

East European Jewry [see also Economy, Immigration, Labor]

JEFFREY S. GUROCK
Libby M. Klaperman Professor of American Jewish History, Yeshiva University, New York City

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies, Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Economy, American-Jewish

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College, City University of New York

Feineman, Ethel

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Florida, Jews of

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Frank, Leo

LEONARD DINNERSTEIN
Professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, Tuscon

Franks, Abigail

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

Harlem (New York City)

JEFFREY S. GUROCK
Libby M. Klaperman Professor of American Jewish History, Yeshiva University, New York City

Hasidism

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati

Hillquit, Morris

IRWIN YELLOWITZ
Professor of History, The City College of New York

Holocaust

LEONARD DINNERSTEIN
Professor of History and Director of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, Tuscon

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College of City University of New York

LEON A. JICK
Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Deptartment of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA

RHODA G. LEWIN
Historian of Holocaust and Jewish Immigrant History, Minneapolis Minnesota

MONTY NOAM PENKOWER
Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College, New York City

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg MA

EDWARD S. SHAPIRO
Professor of History, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

BERNARD WAX
Director Emeritus, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Humor, Jewish

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Immigration and Immigrants

JOSEPH BRANDES
Emeritus Professor of History, William Paterson College of New Jersey

HASIA DINER
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Deptartment of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

RHODA G. LEWIN
Historian of Holocaust and Jewish Immigrant History, Minneapolis, MN

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington D.C.

IRWIN YELLOWITZ
Professor of History, The City College of New York

Israel, Pre-1948

MONTY NOAM PENKOWER
Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College, New York City

Israel, Post-1948

JOSEPH BRANDES
Emeritus Professor of History, William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne NJ

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

LEON A. JICK
Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
Professor of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

MONTY NOAM PENKOWER
Victor J. Selmanowitz Professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College, New York City

Italians and Jews

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Japanese and Jews

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Jerusalem

JOSEPH BRANDES
Emeritus Professor of History, William Paterson College of New Jersey

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA

Kallen, Horace

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Kaplan, Mordecai M.

JEFFREY S. GUROCK
Libby M. Klaperman Professor of American Jewish History, Yeshiva University, New York City

Labor Movement

JOSEPH BRANDES
Emeritus Professor of History, William Paterson College of New Jersey

HASIA DINER
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University

NORMA FAIN PRATT
Professor of History, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA

IRWIN YELLOWITZ
Professor of History, The City College of New York

Leeser, Isaac

LANCE J. SUSSMAN
Associate Professor of American Jewish History, State University of New York, Binghamton

Levy, Asser

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

Liberalism and Jews

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

Literature

NORMA FAIN PRATT
Professor of History, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA

BERNARD WAX
Director Emeritus, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Loan Societies

SHELLY TENENBAUM
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester MA

Military, Jews serving in

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
Professor of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

New Jersey, Jews of

JOSEPH BRANDES
Emeritus Professor of History, William Paterson College of New Jersey

New York City

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

BETH S. WENGER
History Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Orthodox Judaism

BENNY KRAUT
Professor and Director of Judaic Studies Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Poetry

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA

Politics

MURRAY FRIEDMAN
Director, Center for American Jewish History, Temple University, Philadelphia

EDWARD S. SHAPIRO
Professor of History, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

Portland, Oregon, Jews of

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Rabbis

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington D.C.

BETH S. WENGER
History Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Radical politics and reform movements

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
Professor of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

Reform Judaism

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA

LANCE J. SUSSMAN
Associate Professor of American Jewish History, State University of New York, Binghamton

Research

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

COL. SEYMOUR J. POMRENZE
Consultant in Records Management and Archives; Archivist of the US Army (Retired); Distinguished Professor in Records Management, The American University (Retired)

San Francisco, Jews of

SHELLY TENENBAUM
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester MA

Secular Judaism

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College of City University of New York

Silver, Abba Hillel

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben- Gurion Univeristy, Israel

Sisterhoods

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington D.C.

Small Towns, Jews of

LEE SHAI WEISSBACH
Professor of History, University of Louisville, Louisville KY

Slavery and Jews

ELI FABER
Professor, John Jay College, City University of New York

Socialism

IRWIN YELLOWITZ
Professor of History, The City College of New York

South, Jews of the

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
Professor of Religion, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY

STEPHEN WHITFIELD
Professor, Max Richter Chair in American Civilization, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

Sports

JEFFREY S. GUROCK
Libby M. Klaperman Professor of American Jewish History, Yeshiva University, New York City

Synagogues

JEFFREY S. GUROCK
Libby M. Klaperman Professor of American Jewish History, Yeshiva University, New York City

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington D.C.

MARC LEE RAPHAEL
Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA

LEE SHAI WEISSBACH
Professor of History, University of Louisville, Louisville KY

Szold, Henrietta

ALLON GAL
Professor of American Jewish History and History of Zionism and Israel, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Tuberculosis

JEANNE ABRAMS
Director, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives, University of Denver, Denver CO

West, Jews of the

SHELLY TENENBAUM
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester MA

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

Women

HASIA R. DINER
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University

LEO HERSHKOWITZ
Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York

RHODA G. LEWIN
Historian of Holocaust and Jewish Immigrant History, Minneapolis MN

PAMELA S. NADELL
Professor/Director of Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington DC

NORMA FAIN PRATT
Professor of History, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA

GERALD SORIN
Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York, New Paltz

LANCE J. SUSSMAN
Associate Professor of American Jewish History, State University of New York, Binghamton

SHELLY TENENBAUM
Associate Professor of Sociology, Clark University, Worcester MA

WILLIAM TOLL
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon and Oregon State University, Eugene

BETH S. WENGER
History Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Yiddish Culture and Language

HANNAH KLIGER
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

NORMA FAIN PRATT
Professor of History, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA

BERNARD WAX
Director Emeritus, American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre MA

Zionism

HENRY L. FEINGOLD
Professor, History Department, Baruch College of City University of New York