Background
Hyman, Paula Ellen was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Sydney Max and Ida Frances (Tatelman)Hyman.
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Paula Ellen Hyman
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B.J.Ed., Hebrew College, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1966. Bachelor of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1968. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1970, Doctor of Philosophy, 1975.
Career
Assistant professor Columbia University, New York City, 1974-1981. Associate professor of history Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, 1981-1986, dean Seminary, College Jewish Studies, 1981-1986. Lady Davis. visiting associate professor Hebrew University of Jerusalem,1986.
Lucy Moses professor of history Yale University, New Haven, 1986.
Series editor Indiana U. Press. Bloomington, 1982; contributing editor Sh"ma Magazine, New York City, since 1977.
Author: From Dreyfus to Vichy, 1979, The Emancipation of the Jews of Alsace, 1991, Gender and Assimilation in Modern JewishHistory, 1995. Company-author: The Jewish Woman in America, 1976.
Company-editor: The Jewish Family.
Myths and Reality, 1986, Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, 2 volunteers, 1997. Contributor articles to publications Vice chairman Zionist Academy Council, New York City, 1982-1983. National Endowment for Humanities summer grantee, 1977;American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1978.
Grantee New York Council for Humanities, 1980, National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1986-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Academy Jewish Research (treasurer 1995). Member American History Association (committee 1983), Association for Jewish Studies (board directors 1978-1981, 83-85, 86, vice president foreign
Connections
Married Stanley Harvey Rosenbaum, June 7, 1969. Children: Judith Hyman Rosenbaum, Adina Hyman Rosenbaum.
