Jack Fischel

Fischel was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1937.^[1] After "seven years of night classes",^[2] he graduated from Hunter College with a B.A. in 1955. In 1965 he earned a master's degree from the University of Delaware and in the same year began teaching at Millersville University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1973.^[1] He became chair of the history department at Millersville in 1985, and remained chair until retiring in 2003.^[2][3]

Fischel is the author of:

• The Holocaust (Greenwood, 1998)^[4]
• Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999; 2nd ed., Scarecrow Press, 2010)^[5]
• The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact (with Susan M. Ortmann, Praeger, 2004)^[6]

He is the editor of:

• Jewish-American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (edited with Sanford Pinsker, Garland, 1992)^[7]
• Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture (2008)^[8]