Baron, Salo Wittmayer

Baron, Salo Wittmayer
(1896-1989)
   Galician Jewish historian. He taught history at the Jewish Teachers College in Vienna (1919-26), at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York (1927-30), and at Columbia University (1930-62). He served as president of the American Academy for Jewish Research and as a member of other academic bodies. His writings include the multi-volume Social and Religious History of the Jews.

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