Jacob Ari Labendz is a scholar of Jewish history and culture. His doctoral dissertation under the supervision of

Hillel J. Kieval Hillel J. Kieval is a historian of Jewish culture who holds the Gloria M. Goldstein Professorship of Jewish History and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research uni ...

was titled "Jews and the State in Communist Central Europe: the Czech Lands, 1945–1989". From 2017 to 2022, he was employed as the director of the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at

Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...

, 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. In 2022, he was hired as director of the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at

Ramapo College of New Jersey Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) is a public liberal arts college in Mahwah, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. As of the fall 2021 semester, there were a total of 5,732 students enrolled at the college, ...

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