Jay H. Geller

Dr. Geller joined the College of Arts and Sciences as the first Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, with a faculty appointment in the Department of History. An expert on German Jewry during the past two centuries, he also teaches courses in urban history and modern European history. His first book, Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1945-1953, examines the reestablishment of organized Jewish life in both West and East Germany and the relationships between Jewish institutions and German political leaders in the immediate postwar era.

Publications

Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1945-1953