Jack Fischel
Jack R. Fischel is an American academic. Fischel was a professor of history at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where he lectured for 37 years.
Early life and education
Fischer was born in Brooklyn, NY to Morris and Miriam (Baum) Fischer. He married Julia Lipkin (a speech therapist) on March 12, 1967, and his children were Corrie and Joshua. He graduated from Hunter College (now of the City University of New York) with a B.A. in 1955. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware 1973.
Career
Fischel specialized in repressive issues in history, particularly against African-Americans and Jews.[1] As of 2011 he taught a pluralism class on the Holocaust at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.[2] He is the author of The Holocaust (Greenwood, 1998), Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), and coauthor of The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact (Praeger, 2004).[1] He published Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture in 2008.
Personal
He married Julia Lipkin, a speech therapist in 1967 and they have three children.
References
- ^ a b "Jack R. Fischel". Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Faculty by Department Fall 2011, Messiah College
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