MELNICK, Ralph

MELNICK, Ralph. American, b. 1946. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Theology/Religion. Career: NYC Department of Social Services, caseworker, 1970-71; Atlantas Counseling Center, supervisor and counselor in a drug rehabilitation program, 1971; American Jewish Historical Society, Waltham, MA, archivist and librarian, 1971-72; Zionist Archives and Library, NYC, archivist and librarian, 1975-77; College of Charleston, SC, head of special collections at library as associate professor and lecturer in religion and history, 1977-84; Avery Institute for African-American History and Culture, founding member of board of directors and curator of collections, 1980-84; Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA, library director and teacher of religion, 1984-; American Jewish Historical Society, freelance archivist, 1985-89; University of Massachusetts, visiting professor of Judaic studies, 2002-. Publications: (coauthor) Guide for America: Holy Land Studies, Vol. I, 1980, Vol. II, 1982, Vol. III, 1984; From Polemics to Apologetics: Jewish-Christian Rapprochement in Seventeenth Century Amsterdam, 1981; The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank: Lillian Hellman, Meyer Levin, and the Staging of the Diary, 1997; The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Vol. I: A Touch of Wildness, 1998, Vol. II: This Dark and Desperate Age, 1998; Justice Betrayed: A Double Killing in Old Santa Fe, 2002. Contributor to magazines. Address: 11 Hazelwood Ave, Longmeadow, MA 01106, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]