Background
Rischin, Moses was born on October 16, 1925 in New York City. Son of Meer and Rachel (Nelson) Rischin.
(Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York...)
Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants—a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.
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educator historian History center director
Rischin, Moses was born on October 16, 1925 in New York City. Son of Meer and Rachel (Nelson) Rischin.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1947. Department of Administration and Management, Harvard University., 1948, Doctor of Philosophy, 1957. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1962-1964.
Professor of history San Francisco State University, 1964.
Director Western Jewish History Center of Judah MagnesMus., Berkeley, California, 1967. Member of national advisory board Immigration History Research Center, Saint Paul, 1974-1990, Harvard Encyclopedia of America Ethnic Groups, 1974-1978.
Rischin is from New York City. His undergraduate studies were at Brooklyn College. In addition to his professorship, he sits on the board for the Journal of American Ethnic History and on the council of the American Jewish History Society.
There is an annual lecture given in his honor at the Western Jewish History Center, where he is director
There is a collection of historical essays published in Rischin"s honor, and a supporting character, Meyer Meyer in the 87th Precinct series, may have been partly modeled after him. Rischin is considered an authority on American ethnic and immigration history and a pioneer in the field of American Jewish history.
Historian Selma Berrol, however, has challenged the minimal treatment Rischin has given to the tensions between earlier German Jews and later Russian Jews in America. During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Rischin was a signatory of "Historians in Defense of the Constitution" wherein 400 historians criticized efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton.
"The Jewish Experience in America: A View from the West"
Foreword to California Jews (2003) Brandeis University Press.
(The Jews of North America, based on the latest research b...)
(Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York...)
Member San Francisco American Issues Forum Committee, National Endowment for Humanities, 1974-1976. Member history committee Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Bicentennial Commission, 1983-1991. Fellowship American Council LearnedSocs., 1966, Guggenheim Foundation, 1968, Fulbright-Hays Commission, 1969, National Endowment for Humanities, 1977-1978, Rockefeller Foundation, 1984-1985.
Member Immigration History Society (president 1976-1979, Executive Board), American History Association, Organisation American Historians, American Jewish History Society.
Married Ruth Solomon, August 16, 1959. Children: Sarah, Abigail, Rebecca.