Jacob Ari Labendz Explained

Jacob Ari Labendz is a scholar of Jewish history and culture.^{[1] [2]} His doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Hillel J. Kieval was titled "Jews and the State in Communist Central Europe: the Czech Lands, 1945–1989".^[3] From 2017 to 2022, he was employed as the director of the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown State University, also teaching history courses as an assistant professor. In 2021, his contract was not renewed, sparking protests from students, faculty, and other supporters, who collected 900 signatures on a petition against the cancelling of the contract.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} In 2022, he was hired as director of the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.^[12]

Works

• Book: Labendz . Jacob Ari . Jewish Property After 1945: Cultures and Economies of Ownership, Loss, Recovery, and Transfer . 2018 . Routledge . 978-1-351-39384-3 . en. ]
• Book: Labendz . Jacob Ari . Yanklowitz . Shmuly . Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions . 2019 . SUNY Press . 978-1-4384-7361-1 . en. ^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Ochs . Vanessa L. . Introduction: The Life of the Haggadah . 2020 . Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-20152-8 . en.
2. Book: Stiefel . Barry L. . The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies . 2021 . Routledge . 978-1-003-02087-5 . Yes, but is it Kosher?: Varying religio-cultural perspectives on Judaism and Veganism.
3. Labendz . Jacob Ari . Lectures, murder, and a phony terrorist: managing "Jewish power and danger" in 1960s communist Czechoslovakia . East European Jewish Affairs . 2014 . 44 . 1 . 84–108 . 10.1080/13501674.2014.904618.
4. News: YSU students fight to save Jewish studies professor's job . 11 December 2021 . www.wfmj.com . en.
5. News: More academic layoffs at YSU — the union calls them 'retaliatory' . 11 December 2021 . Mahoning Matters . en.
6. News: YSU Names Labendz Director for Judaic and Holocaust Studies . 11 December 2021 . Business Journal Daily . 28 July 2017.
7. News: OAH Statement on Youngstown State University’s recent actions . 21 December 2021 . . 22 November 2021.
8. Web site: Kaufman . Jane . YSU’s Judaic, Holocaust studies center’s future in question . Cleveland Jewish News . 31 December 2021 . en.
9. News: Kaufman . Jane . An Ohio university's Holocaust Studies center is in jeopardy. These people are rallying to save it. . 17 January 2022 . . 14 January 2022.
10. News: Group fights to keep history and Jewish studies professor . 17 January 2022 . WKBN.com . 12 January 2022.
11. News: Nelson . George . Dozens Rally to Support YSU Jewish Studies Professor, Center . 17 January 2022 . Business Journal Daily . 12 January 2022.
12. Web site: Jacob Ari Labendz named Director of Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College . College News & Media . 26 June 2024.
13. Mehta . Samira . Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions ed. by Jacob Ari Labendz and Shmuly Yanklowitz (review) . Journal of Jewish Identities . 2021 . 14 . 1 . 124–126 . 10.1353/jji.2021.0015 . 1946-2522.
14. Web site: Brumberg Kraus on Labendz and Yanklowitz, 'Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions' H-Judaic H-Net . networks.h-net.org . 21 December 2021.