Moses Rischin

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Moses Rischin is a United States Jewish historian, author, lecturer, editor, and Emeritus Professor of History at San Francisco State University.[1][2] He coined the phrase New Mormon History in a 1969 article of the same name.[3] Rischin is from New York City.[citation needed] His undergraduate studies were at Brooklyn College.[4] Harvard University awarded him a Ph.D. in 1957.[5] In addition to his professorship, he sits on the board for the Journal of American Ethnic History and on the council of the American Jewish History Society.[6][7] There is an annual lecture given in his honor at the Western Jewish History Center, where he is director.[8][9] There is a collection of historical essays published in Rischin's honor,[10] and a supporting character in Meyer Meyer may have been partly modeled after him.[11]

Rischin is considered an authority on American ethnic and immigration history[12][13] and a pioneer in the field of American Jewish history.[14] Historian Selma Berrol, however, has challenged the minimal treatment Rischin has given the tensions between earlier German Jews and later Russian Jews in America.[15]

He is married to Ruth Rischin; they have daughters, Abigail and Sarah, son-in laws, David and Clifford, and grandsons, Nathan, Arik, and Levi.[8][16][13]

During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Rischin was a signatory of "Historians in Defense of the Constitution" wherein 400 historians criticized efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton.[17][18]

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[edit] Articles and essays

  • “The New Mormon History,” American West 6, March 1969, 49.
  • "The Jewish Experience in America: A View from the West"
  • Foreword to California Jews (2003) Brandeis University Press

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  1. ^ My Jewish Learning: The Lower East Side
  2. ^ Lehrhaus Judaica - The Adult School For Jewish Studies
  3. ^ http://www.sunstoneonline.com/magazine/issues/123/123-28-32.pdf
  4. ^ Bulletin-Faculty R & S
  5. ^ http://bss.sfsu.edu/history/Advising%20Materials/Program%20Booklets/Booklet-graduate.pdf
  6. ^ Browse Journals
  7. ^ AJHS: Academic Council Member
  8. ^ a b eelchron_dec05_final.indd
  9. ^ j. - Jewish history center marks three decades of capturing the past
  10. ^ An Inventory of Promises: Essays on American Jewish History : In Honor of Moses Rischin by Jeffrey S. Gurock and Marc Lee Raphael (Carlson Publishing, 1996)
  11. ^ Daniel Traister's Home Page-MEMORY
  12. ^ "Utopia as a camouflage : The case of Abe Cahan and his legacy
  13. ^ a b Abigail Rischin, David A. Moss - New York Times
  14. ^ Western Jewish History Center || The Magnes
  15. ^ Jason Schulman
  16. ^ http://www.emanuelsf.org/downloads/chronicle/chron_dec01.pdf
  17. ^ Salon Newsreal | "Historians in Defense of the Constitution"
  18. ^ Washingtonpost.com Special Report: Clinton Accused