Rafael Medoff - Historical Dictionary of Zionism

Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which focuses on issues related to Americas response to the Holocaust. He has taught Jewish history at Ohio State University, Purchase College of the State University of New York, and elsewhere, and has served as associate editor of the scholarly journal American Jewish History. Dr. Medoffs books include A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust (2002, coauthored with David S. Wyman); Militant Zionism in America: The Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 19261948 (2002); Zionism and the Arabs: An American Jewish Dilemma, 18981948 (1997); and Jewish Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook (2002), which was named an Outstanding Academic Title of 2003 by the American Library Associations Choice Magazine.

Dr. Medoffs essays have appeared in numerous leading scholarly journals, including Studies in Zionism, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Journal of Genocide Research, American Jewish History, and American Jewish Archives. He also served as guest editor for the autumn 2004 issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies. He has authored entries for numerous encyclopedias and reference books, including the Encyclopedia Judaica, American National Biography, The Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, and Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. He authored the essay New Yorkers and the Birth of Israel, which was featured in the 1998 New York Times supplement commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Israel.

Chaim I. Waxman is professor emeritus of sociology and Jewish studies at Rutgers University and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute in Jerusalem. A widely published author, his books include The Stigma of Poverty: A Critique of Poverty Theories and Policies (1977; second edition 1983), Americas Jews in Transition (1983), American Aliya (1989), and Jewish Baby Boomers: A Communal Perspective (2001). He has also edited more than a half-dozen books, including The End of Ideology Debate (1969), Israel as a Religious Reality (Jason Aronson, 1984), Jews in America: A Contemporary Reader, with Roberta R. Farber (University Press of New England, 1999), and Jews in Israel: Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns, with Uzi Rebhun (Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, 2004). He served as president of the Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry, and on the boards of several scholarly journals in the area of Israel studies. For more than four decades, he has served in various consultant and leadership positions with a variety of educational and Israel-oriented organizations.

1. Buddhism, by Charles S. Prebish, 1993
2. Mormonism, by Davis Bitton, 1994. Out of print. See no. 32.
3. Ecumenical Christianity, by Ans Joachim van der Bent, 1994
4. Terrorism, by Sean Anderson and Stephen Sloan, 1995. Out of print. See no. 41.
5. Sikhism, by W. H. McLeod, 1995. Out of print. See no. 59.
6. Feminism, by Janet K. Boles and Diane Long Hoeveler, 1995. Out of print. See no. 52.
7. Olympic Movement, by Ian Buchanan and Bill Mallon, 1995. Out of print. See no. 39.
8. Methodism, by Charles Yrigoyen Jr. and Susan E. Warrick, 1996. Out of print. See no. 57.
9. Orthodox Church, by Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, and Michael D. Peterson, 1996
10. Organized Labor, by James C. Docherty, 1996. Out of print. See no. 50.
11. Civil Rights Movement, by Ralph E. Luker, 1997
12. Catholicism, by William J. Collinge, 1997
13. Hinduism, by Bruce M. Sullivan, 1997
14. North American Environmentalism, by Edward R. Wells and Alan M. Schwartz, 1997
15. Welfare State, by Bent Greve, 1998. Out of print. See no. 63.
16. Socialism, by James C. Docherty, 1997. Out of print. See no. 73.
17. Bah Faith, by Hugh C. Adamson and Philip Hainsworth, 1998. Out of print. See no. 71.
18. Taoism, by Julian F. Pas in cooperation with Man Kam Leung, 1998
19. Judaism, by Norman Solomon, 1998. Out of print. See no. 69.
20. Green Movement, by Elim Papadakis, 1998. Out of print. See no. 80.
21. Nietzscheanism, by Carol Diethe, 1999. Out of print. See no. 75.
22. Gay Liberation Movement, by Ronald J. Hunt, 1999
23. Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, by Ahmad S. Moussalli, 1999
24. Reformed Churches, by Robert Benedetto, Darrell L. Guder, and Donald K. McKim, 1999
25. Baptists, by William H. Brackney, 1999
26. Cooperative Movement, by Jack Shaffer, 1999
27. Reformation and Counter-Reformation, by Hans J. Hillerbrand, 2000
28. Shakers, by Holley Gene Duffield, 2000
29. United States Political Parties, by Harold F. Bass Jr., 2000
30. Heideggers Philosophy, by Alfred Denker, 2000
31. Zionism, by Rafael Medoff and Chaim I. Waxman, 2000. Out of print. See no. 83.
32. Mormonism, 2nd ed., by Davis Bitton, 2000
33. Kierkegaards Philosophy, by Julia Watkin, 2001
34. Hegelian Philosophy, by John W. Burbidge, 2001
35. Lutheranism, by Gnther Gassmann in cooperation with Duane H. Larson and Mark W. Oldenburg, 2001
36. Holiness Movement, by William Kostlevy, 2001
37. Islam, by Ludwig W. Adamec, 2001
38. Shinto, by Stuart D. B. Picken, 2002
39. Olympic Movement, 2nd ed., by Ian Buchanan and Bill Mallon, 2001. Out of print. See no. 61.
40. Slavery and Abolition, by Martin A. Klein, 2002
41. Terrorism, 2nd ed., by Sean Anderson and Stephen Sloan, 2002
42. New Religious Movements, by George D. Chryssides, 2001
43. Prophets in Islam and Judaism, by Scott B. Noegel and Brannon M. Wheeler, 2002
44. The Friends (Quakers), by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink Dandelion, and John William Oliver Jr., 2003
45. Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage, JoAnne Myers, 2003
46. Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, by Roger Ariew, Dennis Des Chene, Douglas M. Jesseph, Tad M. Schmaltz, and Theo Verbeek, 2003
47. Witchcraft, by Michael D. Bailey, 2003
48. Unitarian Universalism, by Mark W. Harris, 2004
49. New Age Movements, by Michael York, 2004
50. Organized Labor, 2nd ed., by James C. Docherty, 2004
51. Utopianism, by James M. Morris and Andrea L. Kross, 2004
52. Feminism, 2nd ed., by Janet K. Boles and Diane Long Hoeveler, 2004
53. Jainism, by Kristi L. Wiley, 2004
54. Wittgensteins Philosophy, by Duncan Richter, 2004
55. Schopenhauers Philosophy, by David E. Cartwright, 2005
56. Seventh-day Adventists, by Gary Land, 2005
57. Methodism, 2nd ed., by Charles Yrigoyen Jr. and Susan Warrick, 2005
58. Sufism, by John Renard, 2005
59. Sikhism, 2nd ed., by W. H. McLeod, 2005
60. Kant and Kantianism, by Helmut Holzhey and Vilem Mudroch, 2005
61. Olympic Movement, 3rd ed., by Bill Mallon with Ian Buchanan, 2006
62. Anglicanism, by Colin Buchanan, 2006
63. Welfare State, 2nd ed., by Bent Greve, 2006