I am a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history. I work as Historian, and Administrator of the Saul Kagan Fellowship for Advanced Shoah Studies and of the University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). The Claims Conference is the only NGO that negotiates with the German government for compensation for Jewish Holocaust survivors.

Research, education, and program management are at the core of my professional endeavors. I have worked at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), dubbed “the global Jewish 9-1-1,” and at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. I taught graduate courses at Kean University, undergraduate courses at Rutgers University - New Brunswick, and I served as faculty adviser and educator in the Master Teacher Institute in Holocaust Education at the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers.

In addition, I have worked as a researcher, translator, and consultant for projects ranging from academic texts to websites, films, TV programs, and exhibits.

As a public historian, I have many years of experience speaking to diverse audiences on topics related to the Holocaust, Jewish history, and Polish history. I also speak about the history of Jewish relief through the lens of JDC, the history of the Claims Conference and compensation for Holocaust survivors, and the history of Jewish property restitution in Poland.

Upcoming Talks

December 3, 2024: “The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust,” Murray Pantirer Memorial Scholar Lecture, Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University, Union, NJ