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Howard Morley Sachar (born in 1928) is an American historian and an author. His writings have been published in six languages.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
, and reared in Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois

Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis, Indiana....
, Howard Sachar received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a Private school, Independent school, Liberal arts colleges in the United States in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students....
 and took his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
.

Based in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, where he is Professor Emeritus
Emeritus

Emeritus is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. Emerita was used for women, but is rarely used today....
 of Modern History
Modern history

Modern history describes the history of the Modern period, the era after the Middle Ages....
 at George Washington University
George Washington University

The George Washington University is a Private university, Mixed-sex education university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has developed into a nonsectarian research institution....
, Sachar has been a lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs for the United States Foreign Service Institute, a visiting summer professor at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
, and has guest lectured extensively at other universities in North America, Europe, South Africa and Egypt.






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Howard Morley Sachar (born in 1928) is an American historian and an author. His writings have been published in six languages.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
, and reared in Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois

Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. The city is located south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis, Indiana....
, Howard Sachar received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a Private school, Independent school, Liberal arts colleges in the United States in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students....
 and took his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
.

Based in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, where he is Professor Emeritus
Emeritus

Emeritus is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. Emerita was used for women, but is rarely used today....
 of Modern History
Modern history

Modern history describes the history of the Modern period, the era after the Middle Ages....
 at George Washington University
George Washington University

The George Washington University is a Private university, Mixed-sex education university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has developed into a nonsectarian research institution....
, Sachar has been a lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs for the United States Foreign Service Institute, a visiting summer professor at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
, and has guest lectured extensively at other universities in North America, Europe, South Africa and Egypt. His books include:

Works

  • The Course of Modern Jewish History (Updated 1990)
  • Aliyah: The Peoples of Israel
  • From the Ends of the Earth: The Peoples of Israel
  • The Emergence of the Middle East
  • Europe Leaves the Middle East
  • A History of Israel from Rise of Zionism to Our Time
  • The Man on the Camel
  • Egypt and Israel
  • Diaspora
  • A History of Israel from the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War
  • A History of the Jews in America
  • Farewell Espana: The World of the Sephardim Remembered
  • Israel and Europe: An Appraisal in History
  • A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time (Third Edition, revised and updated) 2007 ISBN 978-0394485645
  • Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War
  • A History of the Jews in the Modern World (2005)


  • The Rise Of Israel : A Documentary Record from the Nineteenth Century To 1948; A Facsimile Series Reproducing Over 1,900 Documents in 39 Volumes (1987) ISBN 978-0824049263