Dr. Robert Skloot

Robert (Bob) Skloot retired in 2008 after 40 years of teaching, directing and administrating at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His career has included serving as Fulbright Professor in Israel (1980-81), Austria (F 1988), Chile (F 1995) and The Netherlands (S...

Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli

Roni Mikel Arieli wrote her PhD dissertation at the department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Prof. Louise Bethlehem and Dr. Amos Goldberg. Her dissertation entitled “Remembering the Holocaust in a...

Dr. Samson Munn

Samson Munn’s parents were European Jews.  His mother, from Aurich, Germany, survived Auschwitz, Gräben and Bergen-Belsen.  His father, from Lodz, Poland, survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz and Görlitz. Citizenships: Israel, Poland, Germany and the U.S.A. In...

Dr. Sarah Valente

Dr. Valente is the co-director of the Wasserman Jewish Studies Center at Baruch College in New York City. She teaches various courses in Jewish Studies and English at Baruch’s Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. In Spring 2022, she served as the Marvin &...

Dr. Shirli Gilbert

Shirli Gilbert is Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London. She is a historian of modern Jewish life, with particular interest in the Holocaust and its legacies; Jewish refugees in Africa; Jews, racism, and colonialism; and Jews in South Africa....