“Is Israel Committing Genocide? A Skeptical Approach”

Please join us at Youngstown State University to hear renown Holocaust historian Dr. Norman J.W. Goda on the question of genocide in the Israel-Hamas war. The Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies is co-sponsoring the event with the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation.

WHEN: September 29 at 5:00 PM

WHERE: DeBartolo Hall 132

Dr. Goda is the Norman and Irma Bramam Professor of Holocaust Studies in the Department of History at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books on the Holocaust, including:

Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path Toward America

Tales From Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War

Hitler’s Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, U.S. Intelligence, and the Cold War

The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews, 1918-1945

The lecture is free and open to the public. For questions of media inquiries, please email Dr. Adam Fuller at afuller@ysu.edu.

Dr. Adam Fuller, Clayman Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies has just released a new book called The Armed Jew: The Case for Jewish Gun Ownership, (Wicked Son, 2025).

The Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies partnered with the YSU ROTC, the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, and the Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission to bring Dr. David Frey, Professor of History and Director of the Resnick Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Point Military Academy to YSU. Dr. Frey spoke to a large audience in the DeBartolo Auditorium on the history of the “Ritchie Boys,” a special unit in the U.S. Army during World War II for Holocaust refugees to go back to Europe and gather intelligence, helping the Allies defeat the Third Reich.

Please join Dr. Jacob Ari Labendz and the CJHS in congratulating Hannah Klacik on the submission and approval of her MA Thesis for a graduate degree in history at Youngstown State University. We appreciate her generosity in making it available here.

Hannah Klacík, “Architecture and Community: Congregation Rodef Sholom, Youngstown, OH” (MA Thesis, YSU, 2022).

Coverage of Dr. Adam Fuller’s Model Knesset at YSU in Youngstown’s “Jewish Journal.”