History of the Jews of St. Petersburg “Leningrad", the Jewish National Movement in the USSR, a History of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Russia and the Soviet Union, and more.
Dr. Beizer, a refusenik and aliyah activist in St. Petersburg in the 1980s.
At present he is a Research Fellow at the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry.
Languages
Russian, Hebrew
Contact Michael.Beizer@mail.huji.ac.il
Based in: Jerusalem
His field of interest is a history of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union. It includes the following topics: History of the Jews of St. Petersburg “Leningrad", the Jewish National Movement in the USSR, a History of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Russia and the Soviet Union, and more.
Dr. Beizer also serves as:
- Deputy Chief Editor of the Vestnik Evreiskogo universiteta (A Herald of the Hebrew University)ֲ at the Chaise Center for Jewish Studies in Russian, Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies;
- Historical Advisor to the General Director of the FSU Division, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Jerusalem;
- Historical advisor at the Save and Remember Association (Haifa) Archive of the Aliya Movement in the USSR.
Michael Beizer is an author and editor of 13 books.
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