Moshe Rosman (1949–present, he, משה רוסמן) is an Israeli historian specializing in the

history of Polish Jews The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the lo ...

. He is a professor emeritus at the Department of Jewish History in

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic ...

Awards

1996: National Jewish Book Award in the Jewish History category for ''Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov''

References

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