Academic Council
The Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society is an organization of scholars committed to the study of American Jewish history that seeks to support and maintain the highest standards of scholarship in the field. The Executive Committee of the Academic Council, which is the governing body of the organization, elects the members. Members of the Academic Council oversee the journal, American Jewish History, and serve on the committees that award the Society’s grants and awards to undergraduate, graduate students, and scholars. In addition, they hold a biennial Scholars’ conference, and initiate programs, symposia and exhibitions concerned with American Jewish history.
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Current Members of the Academic Council
*** indicates Emeritus
Abrams, Jeanne
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
Aizenberg, Edna
Marymount Manhattan College
Alexander, Michael
University of California at Riverside
Almagor, Laura
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
Alpert, Rebecca
Temple University
Ariel, Yaakov
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ashton, Dianne
Rowan University
Bauman, Mark
Southern Jewish Historical Society
Bayor, Ronald
Georgia Institute of Technology
Belkind, Nili
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Bender, Courtney
Columbia University
Berlinger, Gabrielle
University of North Carolina
Bernstein, Judah
New York University
Bordelon, Janet
Kehillah Jewish High School
Borenstein, Miriam
Wayne State University
Borish, Linda J
Western Michigan University
***Brandes, Joseph
William Paterson University
Breitzer, Susan
National Coalition of Independent Scholars
Brinkmann, Tobias
Penn State University
Brodsky, Adriana
St. Mary's College of MD
Brumberg, Stephan
City University of New York- Brooklyn College
Carenen, Caitlin
Eastern Conneticut University
Casteel, Sarah
Carleton University
Cohen, Judah
Indiana University
Cohen, Michael
Tulane University
***Cohen, Naomi
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Cooperman, Jessica
Muhlenberg College
Corwin Berman, Lila
Temple University
Davis, Marni
Georgia State University
Davis, Rebeca
University of Delaware
Diner, Hasia
New York University
Dollinger, Marc
San Francisco State University
Ebel, Jonathan
University of Illinois
Eichler-Levine, Jodi
Lehigh University
Eisenberg, Ellen
Willamette University
Eleff, Zev
Hebrew Theological College
Endelman, Judith
Benson Ford Research Center
Feld, Marjorie
Babson College
Fermaglich, Kirsten
Michigan State University
Fox, Sandra
New York University
Franz, Kathleen
Smithsonian Institution
Furman, Joshua
University of Maryland
Gallas, Elisabeth
Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture
Garland, Libby
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
Gereboff, Joel
Arizona State University
Ginsberg, Alan
Columbia University
Glaser, Jennifer
University of Cincinnati
Goldman, Karla
University of Michigan
Goldstein, Eric
Emory University
Gordan, Rachel
University of Florida
***Goren, Arthur
Columbia University
Granick, Jaclyn
Oxford University
Graver, Elizabeth
Boston College
Greenberg, Cheryl
Trinity College
Greene, Daniel
The Newberry Library
Greene, Hannah
New York University
Grinberg, Ronnie
Northwestern University
Gudefin, Geraldine
Brandeis University
Gurock, Jeffrey
Yeshiva University
Halpern, Sara
Ohio State University
Herman, Dana
American Jewish Archives
***Hershkowitz, Leo
Queens College
Hieke, Anton
Independent
Hoberman, Michael
Fitchburg State University
Igra, Anna
Carleton College
Imhoff, Sarah
Indiana University
Jünger, David
Free University Berlin
Kahn, Ava
University of California Berkeley
Kartowski Aiach, Milena
University of Aix-Marseille
Katz, Emily
University of California Irvine
Katzman Yungman, Mira
Open University of Israel
Kelman, Ari
Stanford University
Kiron, Arthur
University of Pennsylvania
Klapper, Melissa
Rowan University
Kobrin, Rebecca
Columbia University
Koffman, David
York University of Canada
Kohn, Shira
Barnard College
Kosstrin, Hannah
The Ohio State University
Krah, Markus
University of Potsdam
Kranson, Rachel
University of Pittsburgh
Krasner, Jonathan
Brandeis University
Kraut, Alan
American University
Kurz, Nathaniel, Birkbeck College
Univ. of London
Kwall, Roberta
DePaul University
Lambert, Joshua
Yiddish Book Center
Lederhendler, Eli
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lefebvre, Niki
Boston University
Leibman, Laura
Reed College
Mays, Devi
University of Michigan
McGinity, Keren
Brandeis University
Mehta, Samira, Albright College
Mendelsohn, Adam
College of Charleston
Merwin, Ted
Dickinson College
Michels, Anthony
The University of Wisconsin at Madison
Mintz, Adam
CCNY
Mirvis, Stanley
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Moore, Deborah Dash
University of Michigan
Morad, Moshe
IBA
Morantz-Sanchez, Regina
University of Michigan
Muraoka, Mina
he National Defense Academy of Japan
Nadell, Pamela
American University
Nakhimovsky, Alice
Colgate University
Navarro-Rosenblatt, Valeria
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Newman, Roberta
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Pianko, Noam
University of Washington
Pitock, Toni
University of Delaware, Dept of History
Podair, Jerald
Lawrence University
Prell, Riv-Ellen
University of Minnesota
Rabin, Shari
College of Charleston
Rac, Katalin
University of Florida
Raider, Mark
University of Cincinnati
Ran, Amalia
University of Tel Aviv
Raphael, Marc L
College of William and Mary
Ribak, Gil
University of Arizona
***Rischin, Moses
San Francisco State University
Robinson, Ira
Concordia University
Rock-Singer, Cara
Columbia University
Rogoff, Leonard
Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina
Rom, Michael
Yale University
Rosen, Gladys
Rosenbaum, Judith
Jewish Women's Archive
Rossen, Rebecca
University of Texas at Austin
Rothstein, Rachel
The Weber School
Rubinstein, Rachel
Hampshire College
Sarna, Jonathan
Brandeis University
Schenderlein, Anne
German Historical Institute, Washington DC
Schwadron, Hannah
Florida State University
Schwartz, Shuly
Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies
Schwartz, Stephanie
Museum of Jewish Montreal and Concordia University
Segev, Zohar
Haifa University
Sharick, Amanda
Hadassah Brandeis Institute
Shaul Bar Nissim, Hanna
Brandeis University
Shevitz, Amy Hill
Arizona State University
Sigalow, Emily
Brandeis University
Smith, Sara
New York University
Sorin, Gerald
State University of New York at New Paltz
Soyer, Daniel
Fordham University
Stahl, Ronit
Washington University in St. Louis
Steir-Livny, Liat
Sapir Academic College & The Open University
Stempler, Amy
College of Staten Island, CUNY
Stolzenberg, Nomi
USC Gould School of Law
Strauss, Lauren
American University
Surowitz-Israel, Hilit
Rutgers University
Sussman, Lance
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Tabak, Robert
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Tenenbaum, Shelly
Clark University
Tevis, Britt
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thulin, Mirjam
Leibniz Institute of European History
Train, Kelly Amanda
Ryerson University
Umansky, Ellen
Fairfield University
von der Krone, Kerstin
German Historical Institute
Warshawsky, Matthew
University of Portland
Weiner, Hollace Ava
Weinfeld, David
University of Toronto
Weiss, Amy
College of Saint Elizabeth
Wenger, Beth
University of Pennsylvania
Wertheimer, Jack
The Jewish Theological Seminary
Whitfield, Stephen
Brandeis University
Wilhelm, Cornelia
Abteilung fur Judische Geschichte und Kultur, Institut fur Neuere Geschichte
Williams, Matt
Stanford University
Wohl, Lillian
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Yarfitz, Mir
Wake Forest University
Zola, Gary
American Jewish Archives
The following have served as Chair of the Academic Council
Louis Ruchames*, 1973-1976
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Lawrence H. Fuchs, 1976-1979
Brandeis University
Melvin I. Urofsky, 1979-1983
Virginia Commonwealth University
Henry L. Feingold, 1983-1988
Baruch College of the CUNY
John C. Livingston*, 1988-1992
University of Denver
Jonathan D. Sarna, 1992-1995
Brandeis University
Jeffrey S. Gurock, 1995-2000
Yeshiva University
Pamela S. Nadell, 2000-2003
American University
Deborah D. Moore, 2003-2006
University of Michigan
Hasia Diner, 2006-2008
New York University
Jeffrey S. Gurock, interim 2008-2010
Yeshiva University
Beth Wenger, 2010-2013
University of Pennsylvania
Riv-Ellen Prell, 2013-2016
University of Minnesota
*deceased
