Beth Wenger

In addition to authoring "The Jewish Americans," Beth S. Wenger served on the board of distinguished scholars who advised the PBS series. She holds the Katz Family Chair in American Jewish History and is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as Director of the Jewish Studies Program. Wenger is the author of "New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise" (1996) which was awarded the Salo Baron Prize in Jewish History. The author of...See more

In addition to authoring "The Jewish Americans," Beth S. Wenger served on the board of distinguished scholars who advised the PBS series. She holds the Katz Family Chair in American Jewish History and is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as Director of the Jewish Studies Program. Wenger is the author of "New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise" (1996) which was awarded the Salo Baron Prize in Jewish History. The author of numerous scholarly articles, Wenger also co-edited "Remembering the Lower East Side: American Jewish Reflections" (2000) and ""Holy Land: " Place, Past, and Future in American Jewish Culture" (1997). Wenger serves on the board of the Association for Jewish Studies and she is also a member of the academic advisory boards of the Center for Jewish History, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. See less