Shapiro, Leon.
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Leon Shapiro (1905-1984) was a historian and Professor of Russian and Soviet Jewish History at Rutgers University; author of The History of ORT: A Jewish Movement for Social Change ; a 35-year contributor of articles to "The American Jewish Yearbook"; fluent speaker of Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Russian, German, French, and Ukrainian; helped arrange the escape of Jews from Europe during World War II; and an active member in several organizations concerned with the emigration of Soviet and Eastern European Jews to Palestine and other issues related to Judaism.
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1905:
Born July 14, in Hersun (Korsun, Korsoun, Hersein), Kiev, Russia, to Mark and Freida Scheinblum Shapiro. -
1923:
Candidate for degree in Social Sciences and Law, University of Kiev. Imprisoned for anti-Bolshevik activities. -
1925:
Exiled to Palestine. -
1928:
Diplome de Licencie en Droit, Social Sciences and Law, University of Toulouse. -
1935:
Married in Paris to Leorfore Rita Willdorff; divorced in 1940. -
1940:
Secretary General, Federation des Societes Juives de France, Paris -
1941 -1949 :Research Associate, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York. -
1941:
Immigrated to U.S. -
1946:
Married Luba. -
1954 -1956 :Assistant Director, Cultural Department, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany -
1964 -1967 :Research Associate, Columbia University Seminar in International Research Methods. -
1964 -1972 :Assistant Executive Director, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. -
1968 -1978 :Professor, Russian and Soviet Jewish History, Department of Hebraic Studies and Soviet/Eastern European Studies Program, Rutgers University. -
1972 -1973 :Adjunct Professor, Queens College, School of General Studies, City College of New York. -
1973:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, City College of New York. -
1974 -1975 :Adjunct Associate Professor, Academy Without Walls, Haifa University. -
1978 -1979 :Professor, Empire State College. -
1984:
Died, December 25, New York City.
From the guide to the Leon Shapiro Papers MS 127., 1939-1984, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)
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creatorOf | Leon Shapiro Papers MS 127., 1939-1984 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries |
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Death 1984-12-25
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