David E. Fishman
Professor of History
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

David E. Fishman is Professor of History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. B.A. – Yeshiva University, M.A. and PhD – Harvard University. A specialist on the history and culture of east European Jewry.

Fishman is Director of the Jewish Archival Survey in Ukraine, which publishes guides to Jewish documents in Ukrainian repositories. The survey’s guide Jewish Documentary Sources in Lviv Archives which he co-edited with Alexander Ivanov, won the award for “Best Jewish Studies Reference Book” from the Association of Jewish Libraries in 2023.

Fishman edited the Yiddish language series YIVO-Bletter, and two volumes of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Yiddish writings.

Fishman has been a visiting professor at Bar Ilan University (Israel), Kyiv Mohyla Academy University (Ukraine), Vilnius University (Lithuania), Yeshiva University’s Revel Graduate School (New York).

Selected Publications

Russia’s First Modern Jews. NYU Press.

The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture. Pittsburgh University Press.

The Book Smugglers. ForeEdge. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. The book has been published in nine languages.