page_title: Michael A. Meyer
hierarchical_section_title: Michael A. Meyer
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr.Michael Meyer
context_page_description: Michael Albert Meyer is an American historian of modern Jewish history. He taught for over 50 years at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is currently the Adolph S. Ochs Emeritus Professor of Jewish History at that institution. He was one of the founders of the Association for Jewish Studies, and served as its president from 1978-80. He also served as International President of the Leo Baeck Institute from 1992-2013. He has published many books and articles, most notably on the history of German Jews, the origins and history of the Reform movement in Judaism, and Jewish people and faith confronting modernity. He is a three-time National Jewish Book Award winner.
context_section_description: Michael Albert Meyer (born 1937) is an American historian of modern Jewish history. He taught for over 50 years at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He is currently the Adolph S. Ochs Emeritus Professor of Jewish History at that institution.  He was one of the founders of the Association for Jewish Studies, and served as its president from 1978-80.  He also served as International President of the Leo Baeck Institute from 1992-2013.  He has published many books and articles, most notably on the history of German Jews, the origins and history of the Reform movement in Judaism, and Jewish people and faith confronting modernity.  He is a three-time National Jewish Book Award winner.
caption: Michael A. Meyer in 2007
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