Edelheit, Abraham J.

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EDELHEIT, Abraham J.

EDELHEIT, Abraham J. American, b. 1958. Genres: Cultural/Ethnic topics, History, International relations/Current affairs, Politics/Government, Social commentary, Bibliography. Career: Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, Manhattan Beach Campus, Brooklyn, NY, adjunct professor of Holocaust studies, 1985-86, associate professor of history, currently; Touro College, NYC, adjunct professor of history in Flatbush Evening Program, 1987-90, visiting professor of history, 1991-93; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., NYC, editorial consultant in Reference Book Division, 1988-89; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, researcher and writer, 1990-91. Edelheit Research Institute for Contemporary History, cofounder and assistant director, 1985-; Csengeri Institute Holocaust Lecture Series, City University of New York, moderator, 1988-90. Publications: (with H. Edelheit) Bibliography of Holocaust Literature, 1986, supplement, 1990, 2nd supplement, 1993; (with H. Edelheit) The Jewish World in Modern Times: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, 1988; (with H. Edelheit) A World in Turmoil: An Integrated Chronology of the Holocaust and World War II, 1991; (with H. Edelheit) The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English, 1993; (with H. Edelheit) The History of the Holocaust: A Handbook and Dictionary, 1994; The Yishuv in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Zionist Politics and the Policy of Rescue Aliya, 1933-1939; (with H. Edelheit) Israel and the Jewish World, 1948-1993, 1995; (with H. Edelheit) East European Jewry, 1919-1939, 1996; (with H. Edelheit) History of Zionism: A Handbook and Dictionary; (with H. Edelheit) Jewry throughout the Ages: A Dictionary of Terms. Contributor to periodicals. Address: 2020 Ave V, Brooklyn, NY 11229, U.S.A.