Arthur A. Goren
| Arthur A. Goren | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Arthur Gorenstein February 15, 1926 Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Aryeh, Artie |
| Occupation | Professor and Scholar of American Jewish History |
| Spouse(s) | Ayalah Kadman-Goren |
| Parent(s) | Saul and Lillian Gorenstein |
Arthur A. Goren (born February 15, 1926, Chelsea, Massachusetts) is the Russell and Bettina Knapp Professor Emeritus of American Jewish History at Columbia University in New York City.
Arthur Aryeh Goren was born Arthur Gorenstein to Saul and Lillian Gorenstein, Jewish Labor Zionists. He was raised in Washington, DC, and New York City, NY, and was an activist in the Habonim (“the builders”), a Labor Zionist youth movement.
He enlisted in the army reserves when he turned eighteen in February 1944 and completed his freshman year of Hebrew Studies at the Teacher’s Institute of Yeshiva College while preparing for the army. He entered the service in July 1944 and trained in Mississippi. He was never posted overseas and was discharged in December 1945. He went directly to a Habonim convention.
He made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel in 1951 “to fulfill his youthful Zionist dreams. Those ideals also included fighting ‘with like-minded people everywhere for the emergence of a better society.’”
He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1957, and continued with some graduate studies in History at the same institution from 1958-1959. As a veteran, he attended the Hebrew University on the GI Bill, which had no geographic restrictions. He then returned to the United States, completing both a Master's of Arts in 1964 and a PhD in U.S. History in 1966 at Columbia University. Just prior to graduation, he Hebraicized his last name to “Goren.”
Goren returned to Israel and taught at the Hebrew University from 1966-1988. He then went back to Columbia University and was the Russell and Bettina Knapp Professor of American Jewish History from the chair's establishment in 1988 through his retirement in 2005. Specializing in “social and cultural Jewish history of the United States,” he has published numerous books and articles, including seminal works in the field.
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