John M. Efron
Koret Professor
Office Hours:
W 3-4 and by appointment
2217 Dwinelle
(510) 643-8887
Education:
B.A., Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1979)
M.A., New York University (1981)
Ph.D., Columbia University (1991)
Research Interests:
Modern Jewish History; Cultural and Social history of German Jewry
Representative Publications:
The Jews: A History, with Matthias Lehmann and Steven Weitzman (Prentice Hall, 2009; second edition, forthcoming 2012)
Medicine and the German Jews: A History (Yale University Press, Spring 2001)
Jewish History and Jewish Memory: Essays in Honor of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi ed., with Elisheva Carlebach and David N. Myers (University Press of New England, 1998)
Defenders of the Race: Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de Siécle Europe (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994)
Courses
| Semester | Course | Title | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2012 | 280/285B.004 | The Jewish Body | |
| Fall 2012 | C175B | Jewish Civilization: Modern Period | |
| Fall 2012 | 280B.002 | German Jewry | |
| Fall 2011 | 100.002 | History of Israel | |
| Fall 2011 | C175B | Modern Jewish History |