Mark Raider

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Mark A. Raider is an American historian. He is a professor of modern Jewish history at the University of Cincinnati. [1]

Raider received his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He has previously served as chair of the Judaic Studies Department at the University at Albany, SUNY and was founding director of its Center for Jewish Studies. [2] [3] He moved to Cincinnati in 2006. [4]

Books

Raider is the author of The Emergence of American Zionism (1998). [5]

His edited volumes include:

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References

  1. "Mark A. Raider, Professor", Research directory, University of Cincinnati, retrieved 2020-08-01
  2. Ex-Ualbany prof under fire in Cincinnati, MARK PARRY, albany Times-Union, May 29, 2008 [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Scholars Rally Around Embattled Professor; Action Against Academic Seen as Attack on Judaic Studies, Anthony Weiss, The Forward March 11, 2009
  4. Kennerly, Britt (September 18, 2006), Meet Mark Raider: Mark Raider moves into the Judaic Studies department, University of Cincinnati
  5. Reviews of The Emergence of American Zionism:
  6. Review of Nahum Goldmann: Statesman Without a State:
  7. Reviews of American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise:
  8. Review of The Plough Woman:
    • Simmons, Erica (Spring 2003), Israel Studies Forum, 18 (2): 153–155, JSTOR   41804932 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  9. Review of Abba Hillel Silver and American Zionism: