Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht (born 23 Nov 1931 - died Oct 1991)
was an American author and historian.
Biography
Born Roberta Strauss in
New York, New York
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, to Isaac and Lena (Wesler) Strauss, Feuerlicht attended
Hunter College
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in New York City and received a bachelor's degree in 1952. Six years later, on December 14, 1958, she married
Herbert Alan Feuerlicht, a sculptor. Together, they had one son.
Upon her graduation in 1952, Feuerlicht began work as an associate editor of the Glen Oaks News, and in 1953, she became an editor with the Gilberton Co. of New York City. She held this position until 1961, when she became the editorial director of
This Month magazine. From 1962 onwards, she continued work as freelance writer and editor. She ultimately published 18 books, some of the best known of which are ''Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism: The Hate that Haunts America'' and her contentious anti-Zionist work ''The Fate of the Jews: A People Torn Between Israeli Power and Jewish Ethics''.
Selected Publications
* ''The Desperate Act: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo'' (1968)
* ''Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism: The Hate that Haunts America'' (1972)
* ''The Fate of the Jews: A People Torn Between Israeli Power and Jewish Ethics'' (1983)
References
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Jewish historians
Women historians
American women historians
1931 births
1991 deaths
Historians from New York City