Professor Emeritus Moses Rischin Recognized as Pioneering Scholar of American Jewish History

SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD -- These scholars transformed and amplified Jewish studies. Many of the contributors acknowledge the intellectual guidance and inspiration they received from mentors. Credit goes to Polish born Salo W. Baron at Columbia; American born Jacob Rader Marcus who established the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati; Arthur A. Goren who taught at Columbia; Moses Rischin at San Francisco State University; and Naomi W. Cohen of Hunter College of the City University of New York and Columbia University.