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American historian (born 1937)

Jack R. Fischel (born 1937) is an American academic. Fischel was a professor of history at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where he lectured for 37 years.

Education and career

Fischel was born in Brooklyn in 1937. After "seven years of night classes", he graduated from Hunter College with a B.A. in 1955. In 1965 he earned a master's degree from the University of Delaware and in the same year began teaching at Millersville University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1973. He became chair of the history department at Millersville in 1985, and remained chair until retiring in 2003.

Books

Fischel is the author of:

  • The Holocaust (Greenwood, 1998)
  • Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999; 2nd ed., Scarecrow Press, 2010)
  • The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact (with Susan M. Ortmann, Praeger, 2004)

He is the editor of:

  • Jewish-American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (edited with Sanford Pinsker, Garland, 1992)
  • Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture (2008)

References

  1. ^ "Fischel, Jack R. 1937–". Cengage Contemporary Authors. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. ^ Rutter, Jon (January 26, 2003). "History at a personal level". Lancaster Sunday News. pp. B1, B5.
  3. Cornelius, Earle (June 10, 2017). "Jack Fischel is Jewish Family Services Volunteer of the Year". LNP. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. Reviews of The Holocaust:
  5. Reviews of Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust:
  6. Reviews of The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact:
    • Tellman, Jennalyn (Summer 2006). "Best Bibliographies in History: RUSA History Section, Bibliography and Indexes Committee". Reference & User Services Quarterly. 45 (4): 313. JSTOR 20864561.
    • Tollerton, David C. (October 2006). Journal of Jewish Studies. 57 (2): 370. doi:10.18647/2699/jjs-2006.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Review of Jewish-American History and Culture:
    • "Outstanding Reference Sources: The 1993 Selection of Recent Titles". American Libraries. 24 (5): 381–389. May 1993. JSTOR 25632902.
  8. Reviews of Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture:
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