Judd L. Teller

Judd L Teller (Yehuda-Leib[1][2]) (May 5, 1912 – May 3, 1972) was an American author,[3] social historian, lecturer,[4] poet,[5][2] and held many professional posts in Jewish community life.[6]

Teller was born in Tarnopol, (then) Austria, experienced suffering, starvation at World War I[7] and came to the United States, as a boy, in 1921. He studied at City College of New York,[1] and his Masters and Doctorate degrees at Columbia University in psychology,[4] Ph.D.[6]

He later traveled on assignment in Europe, Asia and Africa.[6]

Teller served as editor of the Independent Jewish Press Service,[6][8] staff writer and correspondent for the Jewish Morning Journal[9] and wrote for Commentary magazine,[10] Midstream, Middle East Journal, The New York Herald Tribune Syndicate,[4] The Christian Science Monitor, The New Republic,[11] Congress Weekly,[1] The Nation, and the Journal of Jewish Social Studies.[4]

Teller was director of the Institute for Policy Planning and Research of the Synagogue Council of America.[6][4]

Teller authored books, such as Strangers and Natives. The Evolution of the American Jew from 1921 to the Present - which was a Commentary Book Club selection,[6] which he was personally involved in events he describes;[12] Scapegoat of Revolution; The Kremlin, the Jews and the Middle East; The Jews: Biography of a People[6][4] and The People of Yiddish.[5]

Teller was a poet in Yiddish.[5][13] since at a young age.[1]

References
  1. Chametzky, Jules; Felstiner, John; Flanzbaum, Hilene; Hellerstein, Kathryn (2001). Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-393-04809-4.
  2. Cohen, Susan Sarah (1987). Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography. Garland. p. 1244. ISBN 978-3-598-23702-7.
  3. "Scapegoat of revolution / Judd L. Teller. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  4. "Dr. Judd L. Teller, Author, Social Historian, Lecturer, Dies at 59". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1972-05-05. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  5. Harshav, Barbara; Harshav, Benjamin (2021-01-08). American Yiddish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Univ of California Press. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-520-36883-5.
  6. "Dr. Judd L. Teller (Published 1972)". The New York Times. 1972-05-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  7. Harshav, Barbara; Harshav, Benjamin (2021-01-08). American Yiddish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Univ of California Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-520-32852-5.
  8. Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1948. p. 18.
  9. The American Mercury. Knopf. 1944. p. 698.
  10. "Judd L. Teller, author at Commentary Magazine". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  11. "New Jersey Jewish News - December 18, 1964 — Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey". jhsnj-archives.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  12. Rosenstock, Morton (1969). "Review of Strangers and Natives: The Evolution of the American Jew from 1921 to the Present". American Jewish Historical Quarterly. 59 (2): 241–243. ISSN 0002-9068.
  13. George, Emery Edward (1993). Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Oxford University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-19-508636-2.


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