Stephen M. Berk

Stephen M. Berk is the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Union College. His research examines Russian Jewish history, particularly the 1881-1882 pogroms, and Jewish involvement in the U.S. civil rights movement. His book Year of Crisis, Year of Hope analyzes the impact of pogroms on Jewish migration and nationalism.

Current projects explore Jewish participation in the 1954-1965 American civil rights struggle. He teaches courses on Holocaust history and Jewish studies, with publications in Soviet Jewish Affairs and Russian History journals.