Medoff, Rafael, 1959-
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Name (Hebrew)
מדוף, רפאל, 1959-
Name (Latin)
Medoff, Rafael, 1959-
Other forms of name
Medoff, Randy
Medoff, Rafael, 1957-
Date of birth
1959-09-13
Field of activity
Cartoons and comics
Jewish-Arab relations
Jews--United States--History
Zionism
holocaust education
Antisemitism
Comic books, strips, etc.
Documentary television programs
Educational films
Graphic novels in education
Historical films
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
Occupation
College teachers
Authors
Consultants
Editors
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Insurgents versus establishment during times of crisis, June 1985:t.p. (Randy Medoff; M.A. from Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, 1985)
- Rafael Medoff (American professor of Jewish history; PhD from Yeshiva University in 1991; founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies based in Washington, D.C.; focuses on issues related to America's response to the Holocaust. Medoff has taught Jewish history at Ohio State University, Purchase College of the State University of New York, and elsewhere. Medoff is the author or editor of 16 books about American Jewish history, Zionism, and the Holocaust. He has written chapters in encyclopdias and biographical dictionaries. He has been on the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society for many years, and served as associate book review editor (1999-2001) and then associate editor (2002-2006) of its scholarly journal, American Jewish History. He has also served as a consultant to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland. He has collaborated with comic book artists to create graphic presentations of historical topics. For example, in 2010, Medoff and comics creator Neal Adams teamed with Disney Educational Productions to produce They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust, an online educational motion comics series that tells stories of Americans who protested Nazis or helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust. Medoff has served as a consultant to a number of television and movie projects dealing with the Holocaust for Holocaust education programs. ( (Wikipedia, viewed November 12, 2019) )
- His American Zionism and the Arabs, 1997:CIP t.p. (Rafael Medoff) data sheet (b. 9/13/59)
- Rav chesed, c2008:ECIP t.p. (Rafael Medoff) data view (Dr. Rafael Medoff; founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; taught Jewish history at Ohio State Univ. and elsewhere)