Yaffa Sonenson Eliach
1937 - 2016
General Information
Bio
(1937-2016) Historian. Yaffa Eliach was born in Eishyshok, Lithuania, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Yaffa Sonenson Eliach
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1937
BIRTH
Yaffa Sonenson was born in Eishyshok, Lithuania, on May 31, 1937.
1967
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Professor Eliach received her bachelor of arts from Brooklyn College in 1967.
1969
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Professor Eliach taught history and literature in the department of Judaic studies at Brooklyn College.
1969
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Professor Eliach founded the Center for Holocaust Studies at the Yeshivah of Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York.
1969
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Professor Eliach received her master of arts from Brooklyn College in 1969.
1973
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Professor Eliach received her doctorate from the City University of New York in 1973.
1977
LITWORK
The Last Jew: A Play in Four Acts
Alef-Alef Theatre Publications
History written with Uri Assaf.
Alef-Alef Theatre Publications
History written with Uri Assaf.
1981
LITWORK
The Liberators: Eyewitness Accounts of the Liberation of Concentration Camps
Center for Holocaust Studies
0960997016 / 978-0960997015
History edited with Brana Gurewitsch.
Center for Holocaust Studies
0960997016 / 978-0960997015
History edited with Brana Gurewitsch.
1982
LITWORK
Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust
Oxford University Press
0195031997 / 978-0195031997
History.
Oxford University Press
0195031997 / 978-0195031997
History.
1990
LITWORK
We Were Children Just Like You
Center for Holocaust Studies
0960997083 / 978-0960997084
History.
Center for Holocaust Studies
0960997083 / 978-0960997084
History.
1998
LITWORK
There Once Was A World: A 900-Year Chronicle Of The Shtetl Of Eishyshok
Little, Brown & Company
0316232521 / 978-0316232524
History.
Little, Brown & Company
0316232521 / 978-0316232524
History.
2016
DEATH
Yaffa Eliach died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on November 8, 2016.
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