Shulvass (Szulwas), Moses Avigdor
SHULVASS (Szulwas), MOSES AVIGDOR
SHULVASS (Szulwas), MOSES AVIGDOR (1909–1988), scholar and educator. Born in Plonsk, Poland, Shulvass studied in Berlin. He lived in Ere? Israel from 1938 to 1948 and then immigrated to the United States, where he eventually became professor of Jewish history at Spertus College of Jewish Studies in Chicago.
His publications in many languages include historical studies on Italian Jewry. Of special interest are his books Roma ve-Yerushalayim ("Rome and Jerusalem," 1945); ?ayyei ha-Yehudim be-Italyah bi-Tekufat ha-Renaissance ("Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy," 1955); and his biographical sketch of Samuel David *Luzzatto with documentary supporting material, Pirkei ?ayyim (1951). He also published two volumes of essays on various aspects of Jewish history, Bi-?evat ha-Dorot ("In the Grip of Generations," 1960) and Between the Rhine and Bosphorus (1964) as well as Die Juden in Wuerzburg waehrend des Mittelalters (1934). He also wrote From East to West (1971), Jewish Culture in Eastern Europe (1975), and The History of the Jewish People (1982).
bibliography:
Kressel, Leksikon, 2 (1967), 889–90.
[Eisig Silberschlag]