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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.
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Upcoming Talks
April 23, 2025: Yom HaShoah program | B’nai Shalom | West Orange, NJ
April 28, 2025: Older Jews and the Holocaust Symposium | Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University | Worcester, MA
April 29, 2025: The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust | Monroe Township Senior Center Book Club | Monroe, NJ | Online
May 8, 2025: The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust | Shalom Club, NJ
May 15, 2025: The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust | Fanwood Public Library | Fanwood, NJ
June 7, 2025: Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award Panel in Polish-Jewish Studies | The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America | PIASA Annual Polish Studies Conference | Columbia University | New York, NY