Background

Rivkin, Ellis was born on September 7, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Moses Isaacher and Beatrice (Leibowitz) Rivkin.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Johns Hopkins University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1946. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Baltimore Hebrew College, 1945.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Baltimore Hebrew College, 1975. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Spertus College, 1990.

Career

Instructor Jewish history, Gratz College, 1946-1949; assistant professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1949-1951; associate professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1951-1953; professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1953-1989; Adolph S. Ochs professor Jewish history, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1965-1989, Ochs professor emeritus, 1989; chairman academic council, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion Chairman of Commission on graduate studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1977-1985. Visiting professor Antioch College, 1963. Visiting professor Jewish history Dropsie U.,1969.

Joseph Rosenblatt lecturer U. Utah, 1967, visiting professor Jewish history, summer 1973. Visiting professor Judaic studies Southern Methodist U., 1977. Visiting Zwig professor of University San Francisco, 1984.

Visiting professor Spertus College, 1989.

Achievements

• Ellis Rivkin has been listed as a noteworthy Jewish history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Dynamics of Jewish History INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR
  • The dynamics of Jewish history
  • The Shaping Of Jewish History: A Radical New Interpretation.

Membership

President Globalist Research Foundation, since 1979. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American History Society, Economic History Association, Medieval Academy American, Central Conference American Rabbis, Jewish Publication Society (publication committee), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Zelda Zafren, June 29, 1941. Children— Roslyn Rivkin Haas, Sharon.

Father:

Moses Isaacher Rivkin

Mother:

Beatrice (Leibowitz) Rivkin

Spouse:

Zelda Zafren

child:

Sharon Rivkin

child:

Roslyn Rivkin Haas Rivkin