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List of Jewish historians:

Main article: List of Jews.

See also lists of Jews by country and List of Jewish American historians.

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A

• David Abulafia, professor of history, University of Cambridge (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.218)
• Ignac Acsady, Hungarian social and economic historian.
• Howard Adelson, U.S. mediaeval historian.
• Cyrus Adler, U.S. historian of Jewish history.
• Geoffrey Alderman , historian
• Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian.
• Anne Applebaum, U.S. historian of Russia.
• Herbert Aptheker, leader in Communist Party, historian
• Yitzhak Arad, Israeli historian of the Shoah.
• Yehoshua Arieli, Israeli historian.
• Walter Leonard Arnstein, U.S. historian.
• Raymond Aron, French historian of sociology.
• Robert Aron, French author and journalist.
• David Asheri, Israeli classical historian.
• Simon Ashkenazi, Polish modern european history.
• Robert Assaraf, Moroccan writer and historian.
• David Ayalon, Israeli historian of Islam and Judaism.

B

• Bernard Bailyn, U.S. Colonial historian.
• Richard Barnett, museum curator and archaeologist (JYB 1985 p187)
• Salomon Baron, historian
• Yehuda Bauer, Czech born Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
• Zygmunt Bauman, Anglo-Polish scholar who examines the relationship between modernity and the Holocaust.
• Yitzkak Bayer, History of the Jews
• George Louis Beer, U.S. historian of 16th-19th century commerce.
• Emile-Auguste Begin, French physician, historian and librarian.
• Max Beloff, English historian and political scientist.
• Benjamin of Tudela, travel writer 1159-73
• Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli historian and politician
• Joaquim Bensaude Portuguese historian of astronomy and navigation.
• Norman Bentwich, British lawyer and historian
• Israil Bercovici, Romanian playwright and historian
• Sir Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born British historian of ideas.
• Harry Bernstein, U.S. historian.
• Elias Joseph Bickerman, U.S. scholar of ancient history.
• Camille Bloch, French historian, archivist and librarian.
• Gustave Bloch, French Graeco-Roman historian.
• Marc Bloch, French historian of medieval France.
• Solomon Frank Bloom, U.S. historian of modern Europe.
• Jerome Blum, U.S. historian.
• Grigory Bongard-Levin, Russian historian,
• Daniel Boorstin, U.S. historian; official historian at the Smithsonian Institution & the Library of Congress.,
• Woodrow Wilson Borah, U.S. historian.
• Ambrosio Brandao, Portuguese historian and soldier.
• Ahron Bregman, author and journalist on the Arab-Israeli conflict
• Harry Bresslau, German historian.
• Berthold Bretholz, Moravian historian.
• Alan Brinkley, historian, provost of Columbia University
• Robert Brunschvig, French historian of Islam.
• Max Buedinger, German modern European historian.

C

• Norman Cantor, mediaeval historian.,
• David Cesarani, British professor of history
• Achille Coen, Italian historian.
• David Cohen, Dutch historian and Jewish leader.
• Gustave Cohen, Belgian historian of mediaeval French literature and theatre.
• Robert Cohen, French historian of ancient Greece.
• Norman Cohn, British historian.
• Michael Confino, Israeli historian.
• Martin van Creveld, Dutch-born Israeli military historian.

D

• Robert Davidsohn, German historian of mediaeval Florence.
• Natalie Zemon Davis, American historian of France.
• Lucy Dawidowicz, American Holocaust historian.
• Hermann Dessau, German historian and philologist.
• Isaac Deutscher, Polish-born British Marxist historian and political scientist.
• Max Dimont, Max I. Dimont was a Finnish-American Jew and a popular historian and author. http://en.wikipedia.org/Max_Dimont
• Martin Duberman, U.S. historian and playwright.
• Simon Dubnow, Russian-born Latvian historian; author of the "History of the Jews"; shot by Nazis.
• Ariel Durant, American historian; author of The Story of Civilization.

E

• Alfred EdersheimAustralian Jewish historian and Biblical scholar
• Victor Ehrenberg, German historian of the ancient world.
• Louis Eisenman, French historian of Europe.
• Abraham Eisenstadt, U.S. historian.
• Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, German-born British historian of Tudor England.
• Carlo Errera, Italian geographer and historian of exploration.
• Richard Ettinghausen, German-born US art historian , "Both a Jew and an avid Islamicist"

F

• Orlando Figes, British historian of Russia.
• Louis Filler, U.S. historian.
• Sidney Fine, U.S. historian.
• Samuel Finer, British political scientist and historian
• Norman Finkelstein, American historian.
• Moses Finley, Classical Historian.
• Simha Flapan, Israeli historian.
• Robert Fogel, American economic historian.
• Eric Foner, American Marxist historian & president of American Historical Association 2000
• Heinrich Friedjung, Moravian historian and politician.
• Henry Friedlander, German-born American historian of the Holocaust.
• Saul Friedländer, Czech-born French-Israeli historian of the Holocaust.
• Alexander Fuks, Israeli classical historian.

G

• Peter Gay, German-born American historian of ideas.
• Leo Gershoy, U.S. historian.
• Felix Gilbert, U.S. political historian.
• Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian.
• Carlo Ginzburg, Italian historian.
• Gustave Glotz, French ancient Greek historian.
• Shelomo Dov Goitein arabist, historian, ethnographer
• Eric F. Goldman, U.S. modern historian.
• Yosef Goldman, author of Hebrew Printing in America
• Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born British art historian.
• Martin Goodman (historian) (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
• Gabriel Gorodetsky, historian of Second World War
• Louis Reichental Gottschalk, U.S. historian of modern Europe.
• Heinrich Graetz, Polish-born German historian.
• Jack Granatstein, Canadian military historian.
• Jacob Greenwald, Master of European History University of Haifa
• Jan T. Gross, Polish historian.

H

• Joseph Hakohen, 16th century historian, Italy
• Elie Halevy, French historian, "A History of the English People in the 19th century 1915-30".
• George W. F. Hallgarten, historian: "The German-Jewish historian, George Hallgarten"
• Louis Halphen, French mediaevalist.
• Theodore Stephen Hamerow, U.S. historian.
• Marceli Handelsman, Polish constitutional and political historian.
• Oscar Handlin, U.S. social historian.
• Abraham Harkavy, Belarusian-born Russian historian.
• Henry Harrisse, U.S. historiographer.
• Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian historian and statesman.
• Henri Hauser, French ancient and mediaeval historian.
• Sigmund Herzberg-Fraenkel, Austrian historian.
• Jack H. Hexter, U.S. historian of modern Europe.
• Uriel Heyd, Israeli historian of Islam.
• Raul Hilberg, Austrian-born American Holocaust historian
• Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian of Victorian Britain.
• Heinrich Otto Hirschfield, German Roman historian.
• Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-born British Marxist historian.
• Richard Hofstadter, U.S. political historian.
• David Horowitz, American historian.
• Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, American historian.
• Irving Howe, American historian
• Samuel Justin Hurwitz, U.S. historian.
• Harold Melvin Hyman, U.S. historian.

I

• Siegfried Isaacsohn, German historian.
• Jonathan Israel, British historian (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.215)

J

• Oscar Isaiah Janowsky, U.S. historian of modern Europe and Jews.
• Lisa Jardine, British historian (ref see List of British Jews#Historians)
• Louis de Jong, Dutch historian and journalist.
• Matthew Josephson, U.S. social historian.
• Josephus, Ancient Jewish Historian.

K

• Frederick Kagan, American military historian.
• Donald Kagan, American historian of ancient Greece.
• David Kahn, American historian of cryptography.
• Ernst Kantorowicz, German-born American mediaevalist.
• Efraim Karsh, Israeli historian.
• Jacob Katz, was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author or editor of many books on medieval and modern Jewish social history. 1904-1998
• Steven T. Katz, U.S. historian of the Holocaust.
• Shmuel Katz, Israeli historian
• Solomon Katz, U.S. historian.
• Elie Kedourie, Iraq-born British historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
• Morton Keller, U.S. historian.
• Norman John Klugmann aka James Klugmann, communist
• Richard Koebner, Israeli German historian.
• Hans Kohn, U.S. political and social historian.
• Hilton Kramer, American art historian.
• Michael Kraus, U.S. historian.
• Leonard Krieger, U.S. historian.
• Hyman Kublin, U.S. historian of the far east.
• Thomas Samuel Kuhn, U.S. historian of science.
• Otto Kurz, historian (Jewish Year Book 1975 p214)

L

• Leopold Labedz, Anglo-Polish historian of Communism.
• Gyula Lanczy, Hungarian economic historian.
• David Landes, U.S. economic historian.
• Thomas Laqueur, UC Berkeley professor, historian of Britain since 1509: social, medical and sexual historian
• Walter Laqueur, German-born American historian of modern Europe, the Middle East & terrorism.
• Max Laserson, Latvian historian.
• Michael Ledeen, American historian of Fascism.
• Mary Lefkowitz, American classical scholar.
• Gerda Lerner, Austrian-born American feminist historian
• Max Lerner, U.S. journalist and social historian.
• Joseph Levenson, U.S. specialist in Chinese history.
• Wilhelm Levison, German mediaevalist.
• Arthur Levy, French historian.
• Leonard William Levy, U.S. political historian.
• Paul Levy, French linguistic historian.
• Bernard Lewis, British orientalist, History of Islam.
• David Malcolm Lewis, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1995 p.193)
• Felix Liebermann, German mediaevalist.
• Ephraim Lipson, British economic historian.
• Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Holocaust historian
• Victor Loewe, German historian and archivist.
• Robert Sabatino Lopez, U.S. mediaevalist.
• Sidney Low, British statesman, journalist and political historian.
• Samuel Lozinski, Russian historian.
• Alberto Lumbroso, Italian historian of the Napoleonic period.
• Giacomo Lumbroso, Italian classical historian and archaeologist.

M

• Frank Manuel, U.S. historian.
• Henrik Marczali, Hungarian historian.
• Shula Marks, South African-British expert on African history.(Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
• Ludwig Markus, German expert in Abyssinian and Beta Israeli history.
• Michael Marrus, Canadian Shoah historian.
• Karl Marx, historian and philosopher, born to a Jewish family that converted to Christianity. Author of the Communist Manifesto and On the Jewish Question.
• Arno J. Mayer, Luxembourg-born American historian.
• Gustav Mayer, German political and social historian.
• Milton Meltzer, American historian of Afro-American history.
• Ezra Mendelsohn, Polish historian of the Jewish community in Poland.
• Isaak Mints, Ukrainian-born Russian historian
• Mark Borisovich Mitin, Russian politician and historian.
• Arnaldo Momigliano, Italian-British historian.(Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
• Felice Momigliano, Italian philosopher and historian.
• Simon Sebag Montefiore , British historian of Russia.
• Benny Morris, Israeli historian of Israel
• Richard Brandon Morris, U.S. constitutional historian.
• Louis C. Morton, U.S. historian.
• George Mosse, German-born American historian of ideas.
• Salomon Munk, German-born French historian,
• Gustavus Myers, U.S. social historian.

N

• Nadav Na`aman, Israeli historian of biblical times.
• Oskar Nachod, German historian and bibliographer.
• Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-born British historian.
• Abraham Nasatir, U.S. historian of west and southwest U.S.
• Alexander Nove, economic historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
• Aryeh Nusbacher, American military historian.
• Samuel Noah Kramer, assyriologist.

O

• Julius Oppert, Assyriologist.
• Michael Oren, Israeli historian.

P

• Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American historian
• Sir Francis Palgrave, British historian.
• Erwin Panofsky, German-born American art historian
• Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian.
• Peter Paret, German-born American historian of German history.
• Max Perlbach, German mediaevalist.
• Martin Phillipson, German modern historian and communal leader.
• Koppel S. Pinson, U.S. political and social historian.
• Daniel Pipes, American historian of the Middle East.
• Richard Pipes, Polish-born American historian of Russia.
• Karl Polanyi, economist and historian
• Leon Poliakov, French historian of anti-semitism.
• Sidney Pomerantz, U.S. historian.
• Richard Popkin, historian of philosophy
• Yehoshua Porath, Israeli historian.
• George Posener, French Egyptologist.
• Sir Michael Postan, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
• Joshua Prawer, Israeli historian of the Crusade period.
• Alfred Francis Pribham, Anglo-Austrian diplomatic historian.
• Alfred Pribram, Austrian historian and publicist.
• Jacob Psantir, Rumanian historian of the Jews.

R

• Theodore Rabb, U.S. historian of modern history.
• Ronald Radosh, American historian of espionage.
• Armin Rappaport, U.S. historian.
• Sidney Ratner, U.S. economic historian.
• Jehuda Reinharz, U.S.-Israeli historian of modern Jewish history.
• Ludwig Riess, German constitutional historian.
• Emanuel Ringelblum, Polish historian of Warsaw Ghetto.
• Maxime Rodinson, French historian
• Samuele Romanin, Italian historian of classical Rome and Judaism.
• Nello Roselli, Italian historian.
• Ron Rosenbaum, American journalist, author of Explaining Hitler
• Arthur Rosenberg, German historian and Zionist.
• Walt Whitman Rostow, American economic historian.
• Cecil Roth , British historian and editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica
• Hans Rothfels, German-born American historian.
• Suzanne Rutland, Australian historian

S

• Abram L. Sachar, American historian.
• Howard M. Sachar, American historian.
• Julius Salomon, Danish historian and archivist.
• Simon Schama , British historian
• J. Salwyn Schapiro, American historian of modern Europe.
• Leonard Schapiro , historian
• Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian
• Debra Schultz, American feminist historian
• Yossi Schwartz, The Origins of The Jews Y&R Gitam = CEO
• Tom Segev, Israeli historian.
• Arturo Segre, Italian political and commercial historian.
• Avraham Sela, Israeli historian.
• Bernard Semmel, U.S. historian.
• Moshe Shamir, Israeli writer and historian.
• Avi Shlaim, Israeli historian.
• Joseph Shulim, U.S. historian.
• Bernhard von Simson, German mediaevalist.
• Paul Simson, German historian.
• Charles Singer, British historian of science and medicine.
• Louis Snyder, U.S. historian.
• Arthur Stein, Austrian historian of classical rome.
• Sir Aurel Stein , archeologist
• Henri Stein, French bibliographer and historian.
• Samuel Steinherz, Czechoslovakian mediaevalist.
• Alfred Stern, Swiss social historian.
• Fritz Stern, German-born American historian.
• Menahem Stern, Israeli historian of ancient judaism.
• Zeev Sternhell, Israeli historian of French fascism.
• Barry Supple, British economic historian (Jewish Year Book, 2005, p.215)

T

• Hayim Tadmor, assyriologist
• J. L. Talmon, Israeli political and social historian.
• Frank Tannenbaum, U.S. economic historian.
• Hans Trefousse, U.S. historian.
• Barbara Tuchman, U.S. journalist and historian.

U

• Irwin Unger, U.S. political and social historian.

V

• Geza Vermes , Hungarian-born British historian.

W

• Joanna Waley-Cohen, English historian now in New York
• Bernard Wasserstein, British historian of the Middle East and Europe.
• Eugen Weber, Modern European History.
• Gerhard Weinberg, German-born American historian of World War Two.
• Robert Weinberg, American historian of Russia.
• Bernard Weisberger, U.S. historian.
• Eduard Wertheimer, Hungarian historian of the 19th century.
• Helene Wieruszowski, German-U.S. historian.
• Bertram Wolfe, U.S. Soviet historian.
• Michael Wolffsohn, Israeli-born German historian.
• Leonard Woolf, British historian of economics.

Y

• Zvy Yavetz,Israeli historian of ancient rome.
• Yosef Yerushalmi, Jewish History, Culture & Society.
• Aryeh Yitzhaki, Israeli historian.

Z

• Abraham Zacuto, historian and scientist.
• Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli historian.
• Oscar Zeichner, U.S. historian.
• Alfred Zimmern, British political scientist and authority on International Relations.
• Howard Zinn, American historian

Footnotes

1. ^ (EJL)
2. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Adler, Cyrus
3. "her father, Geoffrey Alderman, is a columnist for the Jewish Chronicle, and her family are strict Orthodox Jews" Accessed 3 Jan 2007
4. "And I'm Jewish. I was about to go to Command and General Staff School and be promoted..." (subscription needed to view full text)
5. ^ Cite error: The named reference egl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
6. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Bentwich
9. "Cantor, himself Jewish, took on the "ruling circles of the American and Israeli Jewish communities"."
10. ^ (EJL)
11. "later known as Ariel (1898-1981), a Russian Jewish immigrant and talented student..."
12. Jewish Chronicle obituary, June 25 1993, p.15
14. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Hilberg, Raul
15. ^ (EJL)
16. Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "son of Jewish parents"
17. "He is Jewish, a native of London, in his 80s."
18. "Lipstadt, the American Jewish academic who exposes Holocaust deniers ..."
19. ^ (EJL)
20. "Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968), another Jewish scholar associated with the Warburg Library, was the most illustrious art historian who found refuge in America." (subscription needed to view)
21. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Philosophy"
22. ^ (EJL)
23. Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Glasgow of an anglophile Riga Jewish family"
24. "An archetypal Jewish immigrant"
25. "American Jewish historian Barbara Tuchman was born in New York City"
26. ""The Corporation," the lineup was a quartet of four Jewish left intellectuals, including Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn..."

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