Ronald Sanders (July 7, 1932 – January 11, 1991)"Finding Aid for Ronald Sanders papers, 1951-1994"
from the

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; includes a detailed biographical sketch was an American journalist and writer. Sanders was born in

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. His father was English-born musician George Harold Sanders, and mother Rose Rachlin was daughter of

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immigrants. He had a sister named Marilyn. The family did not practice any religious traditions, but when in the

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Sanders filled a form which required to indicate religious affiliation, Sanders chose Judaism. In 1960 he won a

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for research of French socialists and moved to live in Paris for this purpose. He took this opportunity to travel to the

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and for his first trip to

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. During 1966–1975 he was on the staff of the '' Midstream Magazine'', being its editor-in-chief during 1973–1975. Sanders married Beverly Gingold on March 19, 1967. They had no children. He was the first recipient of the B'nai B'rith Book Award, for his work ''The Downtown Jews''."Issac Babel and Ronald Sanders to Be Honored for Literary Contributions"
FEBRUARY 20, 1970 Sanders died of liver cancer at age 58.

Books

*''Socialist Thought: A Documentary History'', 1964 *''Israel: A View from Masada'', 1966 *''The Downtown Jews: Portraits of an Immigrant Generation'', 1969 *''Reflections on a Teapot'', 1973 *''Lost Tribes and Promised Lands; The Origins of American Racism'', 1978 *''The Lower East Side'', 1980 *''The Days Grow Short: The Life and Music of

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'', 1980 *''The High Walls of Jerusalem: A History of the

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and the Birth of the

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'', 1984 *''Shores of Refuge: A Hundred Years of Jewish Emigration'', 1988 *''The Americanization of

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'', 1989

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Ronald 1932 births 1991 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Jewish American historians Queens College, City University of New York faculty Syracuse University faculty 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York (state) 20th-century American Jews