Robert Singerman is a professor, a recognized Judaica bibliographer

Bibliographer

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. He is often cited by Judaica rare book dealers. He holds the position of University Librarian, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

University of Florida

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, where he was the bibliographer for Jewish Studies

Jewish studies

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, Anthropology

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, and Linguistics

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For 27 years Singerman served as the University of Florida, Judaica librarian and bibliographer. He retired in June 2006. He first came to the university in 1979 having previously served at the world-renowned Klau Library of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. In 1981, when the Price Library of Judaica was formally established at the university, Singerman commenced his tenure there, first as librarian, the only librarian to date. During the span of his long career at the university he was instrumental in increasing the size of the Judaica collection, from 24,000 volumes, to over 85,000 cataloged volumes. The Price Library prides itself as being without peer in the southeastern United States, as having “taken its place alongside other well-respected and mature Judaica collections in the United States.” For outstanding achievements, Singerman has been awarded the status of Faculty Emeritus

Emeritus

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 following his retirement from the university.

Works

• Library of Congress
  Library of Congress
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LC Control No.: 81043363

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Singerman, Robert.

Main Title: Antisemitic propaganda: an annotated bibliography and research guide / Robert Singerman ; foreword by Colin Holmes

Colin Holmes (British historian)

Colin Holmes is a British author, scholar, and historian. He is an Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sheffield, where his academic interests include migration, racism, antisemitism, and fascism.-Academic career:...

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Published/Created: New York : Garland, 1982.

Description: xxxvii, 448 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN 0824092708

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Antisemitism--United States--Bibliography.

Antisemitism--Great Britain--Bibliography.

Series: Garland reference library of social science ; v. 112

LC Classification: Z6374.A56 S56 1982 DS141

Dewey Class No.: 016.3058/924 19

• The American Career of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"

American Jewish History

American Jewish History

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Vol. 71 (1981), pp. 48-78

The Library of Congress

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holds twelve titles under his name; he is the author of several bibliographic texts including the following:

• Jewish Serials of the World
• Judaica Americana
• Spanish and American Jewry

External links

• http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/news/singerman.htm
• Judaica Digital Collections, in the University of Florida Digital Collections